Over view
Lead-in
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write two headings on the board : family relationships
and non-familY relationships and two words:
colleague and cousin. Ask Ss under which heading
each word should go and why. (cousin'" fomily
relationships; colleague s non-family relationships)
Give Ss one minute to brainstorm as many words
under each head ing as they can in pairs. Get feedback
1 " Ss look at the photos in pairs and discuss what
they think the relationships could be between the
various people in them . Get feedback from the class,
discussing the reasons for their ideas.
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PoIsI....
Photo t : friends or ftatmates;
Photo 2: a family, Inc. a grandfather. mother. daughter.
father, son. grandmother; Photo 3: friends;
Photo 4: an extended family, inc. aunts, uncles, cousins.
Summary
Lesson 1: Ss read a text about different people's opinions about
the characteristics of a good friend. Then they read, listen to
and write some notes and messages. Next, they listen to people
talking about friendship and talk about their own ideas about
frie nds and friendship.
Lesson 2: Ss listen to part of a radio programme about the
Boehmer family. Then they read an article about 'birth order'
and how the position in your family can affect your personality.
Ss then discuss their own opinions about 'birth order' and
familie s.
lesson ]: 5s discuss their opinions about mobile phones and
then read an article about the increased use of mobile phones
particularly among young people. Ss exchange personal
information about each other and get to know each other more.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on a group of phrasal verbs around the
topic of relationships.
CommunicatIon: Ss listen to a man talking about his family
tree. Then they draw their own family tree, describe it to each
other and talk about some members of their families.
F1Im bank: Good relations U ' 25")
An extract from the 1947 film version of Nicholas Nickleby
which was Charles Dickens' third novel, published in 1839.
In this extract, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother and his sister
are all taken Into the care of his uncle Ralph, following the
death of his father. The uncle arranges for Nicholas to gain
a tutoring job at an Academy for boys, where he is shocked
by the brutality there.
Possible places to use this short film are:
.. After lesson 2 to extend the topic of family and friends.
.. At the end of the unit to round up the topic.
f or ways to use this short film in class, see Students' Book
page 152 and Teacher's Book page 178.
2 " Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss the difference in
meaning between each pair of words. Encourage Ss to use
an English-English dictionary to check the meaning and
pronunciation of any of the word s they are not sure about.
Get feedback from the class.
ArIswn: t step-sister: girl or woman whose father
or mother has married her father or mother; half·
sister: a sister who Is the child of only one of your
palents 2 colleasue: someone you work with;
acquaintance: someone you know, bul not very well
3 soulmate: someone you have a very close relationship
with because you share or understand the same emotion
and interests; close friend : someone you are good hiends
with " partner: someone you are having a serious
relationship with; wife: woman that a man is manied to
b .. Ask Ss to read the sentences, focus on the
phrases in italics and try to work out what they mean.
Ss check ideas in pairs. Get feedback from the class.
Answers: t make people think well of you when they
first meet you 2 like someone as soon as you meet
Ihem for the flrst time 3 haw many simllir attitudes
"hive'
or experiences to another person
similar
view about something to somebody else 5 feel you
see things in a similar way to someone else
3 " Ss discuss the questions in small groups. Get
feedback from the whole class.
EXTE ND TH E LEAD-IN
In pairs, Ss write a list of as many things as they can
that they have in common. Encourage them to th ink of
interesting/ unu sual things e.g. same zodiac sign.
1.1 Oood. friends
... Ask 5s to check their answers in pairs and then get
feedback from the whole class.
In this lesson, Ss read an article about the characteristics of
Answen:tA '2C 3E 4B SD
a good friend. They also listen to two friends talking about
friendship and give their own ideas about friendship.
Ss also read, lislen to and write some nOles and messages,
thinking about the different situations for writing messages,
to whom and what language/ abbreviations we use.
After focussing on the use and form of question tags, Ss can
gel to know each other further by using question tags to
b ... Ask Ss to read the messages again and decide who
might have written each one. Ask them to underline the
part of the notes/ messages which tetts them the answers.
• Ask Ss to check their answers in pairs and then give
feedback to the whole class.
check what personal information they know about each other.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write on the board: my first friend; my oldest friend;
my most recent friend; my most unusual friend
Ask Ss to think about one or more of these friends and
describe them to a partner. E.g. I've known my oldest
friend {or over thirty years. We first met because ...
Get Ss to tell the class about their partner's friend.
Reading
• Get Ss to look at the photos and to discuss in pairs what
kind of fri endship they think each group of people has (e.g.
close teenage girl friends who share all their secrets).
1a. Ask Ss to discuss the question in pairs. Get brief
feedback about their ideas.
Answers: A wort colleague (sales figures/ meeting)
B wife (xxx - kisses) C brother (Mum and Dad)
o ftatmate E friend (HI! How r u?)
• Get 5s to look agai n at the messages and ask them
what the main differences are belween how we write a
note/ message and how we write a letter/ email- (In notesl
messages we use abbreviations and miss out words).
c"
Get Ss to work in pai rs and work out which words
have been left out in messages A- O, wherever Ihe sign *
appears. Do the first one as an example. Get feedback by
asking individual Ss to read out the complete message.
AnswNts: A ... I should be._ . Do)'INI toney lunch? ... ..
B _ pick up ,.". jack~t (rom 1M dry-cleone" s. I will
see)'OU at tM restaulflnt fit about 7p.m. C ... I hope
you ... D ... WIll yoM/ PI. . . ring him ...
b. Ss quickly read the text and check which of their
ideas are mentioned.
2. Get 5s to read the text agai n and write down the
name or names of the person or people in the text that
correspond to each of the statements. 5s check their
answers in pairs. Then get feedb ack from the whole class.
d. Check that Ss know that we often use abbreviations
in text messages to save time. Get Ss to decide in pairs
what the abbreviations in the message mean. Then get
whole class feedback.
Answers: are - r you - u Cd=could b4- before
Answers: t Lanza '2 Mlck. Haruki 3 Mercedes
.. [)ebbl 5 Rachel 6 Maclek 7 Stefano 8 Emily
3'" 5s discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
Ask a few 5s to talk about their opinions to the class.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Ask 5s to brainstorm TV programmes, films and songs
about friends (e.g. TV drama series: Friends; film: About
o boy; song: You've got 0 friend).
SS discuss in small groups which are their favourites
and why. Encourage them to discuss the type of
friendships depicted. Ss give feedback to the class.
Writing
Sat.- Saturday Fri- Friday
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
In small groups, 5s brainstorm other abbreviations
used in text messages. (/S = late , CU/Sr'" see you later,
LOL .. laughing out loud).
• Elicit that we ca n also get messages in other ways, i.e.
answerphone or voice mait messages.
Ga. Ss liste n to three answerphone messages and note
down the purpose of each one. Play recording 1.1 then get
Ss to check their answers in pairs. Get class feedback.
Answers: 1 to check the evening's arrangements
'2 to get authorisation for a credit card payment
3 to arrange to see a car for sale
4'" Get Ss to discuss the questio n in pairs focusing on
the different reasons for writing notes and messages.
(e.g. reminding someo ne to do so mething, apologising for
something) . Get class feedback.
:sa.
Read out the five reasons listed. Get Ss to read the
notes and messages (A-E) quickly and match each one
with one of the reasons. You could ask Ss to underline the
part of the notes/ messages which tells them the answers.
b. Play recording t .1 again and get Ss to make notes
about the important information. Encourage them not
to Iry to write the whole message, but just the most
important bits.
• In pairs, 5s then wri te a brief message to each person
using their notes. Remind them to leave out words and
use abbreviations. Get class feedback by asking a few 5s
to read out each message and briefly compare each one.
.....bIt ....we/S:
1 Alison - Keith called about
tonllht. Jackie and Steve can't come. You stili want to
SO to the Him? Please call Keith on mobile. 2 James
- Please call TIna Jenldns (HSBC Customer ServIces)
- 01303 B13 843 a.u.p. re.latp uedlt card payment.
3 Brian - Please ring Sarah Shlall- 01273 443 7S0 to
amnp when she can come and see car yoo're seiling.
AnIwIn: Rule B-3 and 4;
12a .. Get 5s to work in pairs. read the interview and
find the three incorrect questlon tags and correct them.
b.. Play recording 1.) and get Ss 10 check their answers.
Then get whole class feedback.
7" Ask individual 5s to read out the four statements
then get Ss to work in pairs and discuss which of the
statements they agree with and why. Encourage them to
justify their opinions. Get feedback from the class and
establish which of the statements most 5s agree with.
8..
Focus 5s briefly on the photo of two friends, Harry
and Fiona. Play recording 1.2 and get 5s to say which of
the views in Ex. 7 Harry has. Get feedback from the class.
Answer: New friends will replace old friends.
Answers: 10: So, Simon, you'Ve been with the company
for nearty a vear now,......., you? 10: Now, you're
dear about your ta~ for this vear, aren't you?
10: _ That hasn't Men particular good, has it?
13a .. Explain that Active grammar box (1) contains the
basic rules but that there are some more difficult cases
which you will look at in Active grammar box (2) .
.. Get 5s to work in pairs a,!d complete examples 1-6 in
the box. Then get whole class feedback.
9"
Play recording 1.2 again and ask 5s to make notes
about the people who are mentioned and in what ways
they are significant. Get 5s to check their answers in pairs
then get feedback from the class.
Answers: Harry talks to ...... about his flmlly; ,...
about his matlonshlps and love life; Ala about work.
and practical thinSS' Ilpi is Hany's best frtend from
Rute C-1 and :2
Active grammar (2)
1 ... aren't I? 2 ... won't you? 3 ... shall we?
4 ... do you? 5 ... did it? 6 ... have they?
b"
In pairs, get 5s to refer to examples 1-6 and
complete rules A-F in the Active grammar box. Get class
reedback.
school but they have lost touch.
Active grammar (z)
10" Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
A aren't I B won't you
E It F they
groups. Get feedback from each group and find out if most
of the class identifies with Harry's or Fiona's situation.
Lifelong learning
.. Read the questions with the class. In pairs 5s share
strategies that have helped them Improve their English.
.. Then. 5s note down one or two people who are NOT
In the class and whose English Is better than theirs. For
homework, 5s ask these people for advice on improving
their English. 5s share these ideas In the next class.
Grammar
C shill we
0 positive
14a .. Get 5s to complete the sentences with the correct
question tags. They then check their answers in pairs.
b ..
Play recording 1.4 and ask Ss to check their answers.
ALlI" • • 1 isn't she 2: do they 3 have you 4 can
WI S shall we 6 won't you 7 dOH It 8 aren't I
C" Explain to Ss that Ihere are also other reasons for
using question tags. Elicit or read out the list of reasons.
Play recording 1.4 again and get Ss to say which reason
applies to eac.h sentence. Get whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD·IN
Ask 5s questions around the class using question
lags e.g. You like football, don't you? Elicit that you
are using question tags to check information that you
think you know but are not su re about.
Play recording 1.2 again and get 5s to say how many
question tags they hear (6).
11a " focus 5s on the Active grammar box and get
them to complete the examples with the missing auxiliary
verbs. Get Ss to check their answers in pairs then get
whole class feedback.
Active grammar (1)
1 .•• don't you? 2 ... didn't you? 3 ... Isn't II? 4 ... can you?
b ..
Read Rule A in the Active grammar box to the class.
Then ask 5s to work in pairs and match Rule B and Rule C
to examples in the box. Get whole class feedback.
1 asIdns for qreement 2
aareemen! 3 checklnglnformaUon
Information 5 making a suaestlon
suaestlon 7 asking for aareement
agreement
......IW:
asking for
"checking
6 maldng a
8 asking for
Person to person
1tsa" Tell Ss they are going to check how much they
know about different 5s in the class. Ask them to write
one or two racts they think they know about three other
5s. Encourage them to write some facts they are quite
certain about and others they are less certain aboul. and
to use a variety of verbs.
b ..
Get Ss to check Iheir facts by asking the other Ss
using appropriate question tags. Get Ss moving around
the class to talk to different 5s.
102 Family ties
The Boehmer family is the world's largest family of jugglers
and has won a number of awards, performing all over the
United States and beyond. They have been performing
to audiences with their varied juggling, gymnastics and
unicycling skills for over a decade.
In recent years, there has been a lot of research into 'birth
order' and how your position in your family and your
relationships with your siblings can affect your personality.
In this lesson, Ss listen to part of a radio programme
about the Boehmer family and then focus on the grammar
connected with the words any, every, no and some. They also
read an article and discuss their own opinions about 'birth
order', position in a family and personality.
4a. Tell 5s that they are going to look at some
expressions from the radio programme. In pairs, 5s should
look at the tapescript on page 165 and help each other
work out what the phrases/expressions mean. Remind
them to use the context and the sentences around the
expressions to help them. Get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 to be able to do several things at
the same time 2 to find 3 to decide to do
something 4 someone who enjoys family life very
much 5 to be very happy about something 6 to
continually get better 7 to choose
b.
Get 5s to work in pairs and to summarise what they
heard on the radio programme using the phrases in Ex. 4
as appropriate. Encourage them not to include every detail
but just to give a summary of the most important points.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the idea of the circus and circus skills with
the class. Ask them these questions.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get Ss to write the summary that they discussed
in Ex. 4b. Tell them to use their questions/answers
in Exs. 2 and 3 to help. Remind Ss not to include
every detail and that they should write a maximum
of seventy-five words.
Q: Have you ever been to a circus? If so, what did you
like/dislike about it? Why? If not, would you like to
go? Why not?
Q: What different types of circus skills can you
name? Which are your favourites to watch? Can you
do any of them? (juggling, tightrope walking, Diablo,
acrobatics, trapeze, plate-spinning, clowns, knifethrowing, fire -eating.)
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Playa quick game of 'Simon says' with words
connected to any/every/noisome. Briefly, remind
Ss of the rules (You have to do what the teacher
says, if he/she starts by saying 'Simon says'. If he/
she doesn't say 'Simon says', however, you mustn't
do what he/she says and if you do, you're out.)
e.g.: Everyone stand up, someone in the front row
Q: How do you think circuses have changed over the
years? Why? Do you think the changes have been a
good thing or not? (The main way most circuses have
changed is that many are not allowed to use animals
in their acts anymore.)
Listening
'. Get Ss to look at the photo and tell them that all the
people are members of the same family and they all work
together as jugglers.
1.
Ask 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Encourage them to give reasons for their answers.
Get feedback.
2. Play recording 1.5 and ask 5s to answer the
questions. Get them to check their answers in pairs briefly
and then get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 thirteen 2 They are the largest family of
jugglers in the world. 3 Performing at the Vatican in
Rome
3. Get 5s to read the questions. Then play recording 1.5
again and tell 5s to answer the questions. Get 5s to check
their answers in pairs and then get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 After his son, Adam, (having seen a circus)
asked him what he could do. 2 They saw Larry
practising and wanted to join in. 3 In 1989 at an
amusement park. 4 Anybody can do it.
turn around, write any letter of the alphabet.
Grammar
5a. Tell 5s to work in pairs and decide together
whether the example sentences in the Active grammar box
are correct or not. Get whole class feedback but do not
explain the difference in meaning at this stage.
Answers: A Correct B Correct C Correct
D Correct E Not correct F Correct G Correct
H Not correct
b.
.,'
Ask 5s to work in pairs and choose the correct
alternative for each of the rules 1-5 in the Active grammar
box. Get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
1
Any
2
Every
3 any
4 Nothing
5 some
6'" Get 5s to choose the correct alternative for each
sentence. Then they should check their answers in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
AM....: t every 2 Everybody 3 any '" Hothln!
5 every 6 somewttefe 7 any 8 any
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Write some questions on the board for the 5s to
discuss, which Include words like anybody, nothing.
Ss could also add questions of their own.
Q:
Q:
Q:
Q:
Do you know anybody who has a speclal talent?
Do you ever feel that you have noth ing to do?
Is there anything you have always wanted to do?
Do you think that anybody can learn to juggle?
OPTIONAL WARMER
5et up a quick class survey. Write these questions on
the board and check Ss know age gap and sibling.
Get 5s to walk around the classroom and ask as many
other Ss as possible, noting down the answers.
Q: How many brothers and sisters have you got?
Q: Are you the first, middle or the last In your family?
Q: What is the age gap between you and your nearest
sibling?
Get 5s to collate their resuits In pairs and report the
most interesting fa cts back to the class.
Most people in the class are the {irst in their {amily.
Reading
7'" Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs. Then ask for
two or three opinions as whole class feedback.
8a'"
Read out the questions to the class. Tell 5s to read
the text quickly and answer the questions. Remind them
not to worry about all the information at this stage but just
to answer the four questions. 5s should then briefly check
answers in pairs, before getting whole class feedback.
Answers: Statement 3
b... Get Ss to read the text again and decide if the
statements are true or fal se. Encourage them to underline
the part of the text which tells them the answers. 5s check
their answers in pairs. Then get class feedback.
An....: t1
2 1 3F 4F 51 6F
9'" Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups. Encourage them to justify their opinions with
examples from their own family or a family they know. Ask
for three or four opinions from different 5s.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Write the following definitions on the board. 5s find the word
in the article which correspond to each one.
1
what you think/ hope will happen (paragraph 2)
expectations 2 wanting to keep someone safe from ha""
or danger (paragraph 3J protective 3 the negative part or
disadvantage of something (paragraph 3J downside
4 when someone likes someone/thing and thinks they are
good (paragraph.tJ approvul 5 when people do things
where something bad, unpleasant or dangerous may happen
(paragraph 5) risk·taking 6 deliberately not obeying
people in authority or rules of behaviour (paragraph 6)
rebellious 7 to be in a very small space between two other
things (paragraph 7) sandwiched
Vocabulary
-
... Write on the board: intellect and intellectua l. Ask
which one is a noun and which is an adjective (intellect ::
noun; intellectual '" adjective)
10'" Focus 5s on the table and get them to complete
the mi SSing words. Encourage them to work in pairs and
find the words in the text in Ex. 8 in order to help check
their answers. Get whole class feedback.
!a.... a: Noun: jeolousy loneliness success
Ad)ed/Ye: Intellectual artistic responsible
Important sk.llful frustrated/ frustroting
11'" Get Ss to complete the sentences with the most
appropriate word from the table. 5s should check answers
briefly in pairs. Then get whole class fee dback.
AnI.as: t Importance 2 artistic 3 frustrating
4 jealous 5 lonely 6 skill 7 responsibility
8 suaess
Speaking
12a... Play recording 1.6 and get 5s to say what the two
people are talking about.
Ai ..#Ift: The Ittftude and behaviour of parents
towards their children depending whether they are bom
first. second.
b... Focus Ss on the How to ... box and ask them to read
through the language. Play recording 1.6 agai n and get 5s
to tick which expressions from the How to ... box they hear
and to underline which word(s) is/ are stressed in each one.
I ts!I!IIr d1sasree. .M2. that's not true at aU.
That's DJObabtv 1n!!. I think there's some truth In that.
AnswMs:
13a'" Get 5s to discuss the statements in pairs or
small groups. Encourage them to use expressions from
the How to ... box as appropriate and to refer to their own
experience if relevant.
b ... Ask each group to report back to the whole class on
a few of the most interesti ng points they discussed .
•
1.8 IIobDe oonneotlons
Mobile phones. Instant communication and new technology
are dominating people's lives mort and more. Whilst there are
clearly many benefits from these innovations. there are also
potential disadvantages, particularly for young people. which
we don't yet fully know about or understand.
In this lesson, Ss discuss their opinions about mobile phones
and then read an article about the increased use of mobile
phones and its implications, particularly for young people.
Following this. Ss focus on the grammar of present and future
modals of possibility.
Ss also exchange personal information about each other and
get to know each other further.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss to focus on the idea of mobile phones and their
enormous growth.
Write on the board;
J
197os/J9Bos/J990S
2 About 1 mi/lion,4:Jbout 2 million,4:Jbout 3 mil/ion
3 230 mil/ion/27 billion/620 billion
Then ask Ss the following questions and tell them to
choose the correct answer for each question fro m the
options on the board.
Q: When did mobile phones first stl rt to bKome
a¥lllable? 19BOS
Q; How ml ny text messages are sent every hour in the
UK? about 3 million
Q: How many text messages is It estimated will be
sent in China in the year 2010? 620 million
Speaking
.... sc IN:
1 the ntlmber of youn. people who kaYe a
mobile phone: one qutJI'W of"'-'$ t"T aids In Tokyo;
btll(of /Opd~ high school stutknts 3 the ~asons
why youn. peopfe want a mobile phone: ' U(ntyfe',
parents. to IcHP In touch wttIr (Mnds "how parents
feel about their children havtnl a mobile phone: they
thlnlc they spend too much tllM on 'M phone; tJlQkes
It dllflcult to keep Q ch«k on who their chlldrrm
o~ communkatlng with 6 the amount of contact
teenaprs feel they need with their Mends: ~tfli
times 0 day 7 the effect of mobUe phones on reading
for pleasure: mJudng the amount chlld~n read (or
pIftJsu~ 9 the health risks of mobile phones to
children: children under sixteen should only use mobile
phones to moke coils In on emergency to some
possIbfe educaUonal uses of mobile phones: to get
1fVIsIon,+nock exom questions; (or teocMrs to keep In
touch
""plis
""h
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could use this as an opportunity to get Ss to
practise the skill of summary writing.
First, get Ss to note down the main points of the
article. Tell them to choose 3 . 5 points and remind
them that they can look back at the articie as well
as at their notes in Ex. 4. Get them to discuss which
points they have chosen with a partner.
Then tell them to write a paragraph using their points
to summarize the articte. They could do this in pairs
or Individually. Remind them to only Include the main
points and not too much detai\. If Ss need further
help, you could gi~ them an example for the first
sentence: There are a number of worrying issues that
have arisen from the increasing use of mobile phones
among you ng people.
1'" Focus Ss on the photos and get them to describe them
in pairs.
5 II> Get Ss to discuss the questions In pairs or small
2'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback and find out whether
most Ss agree or disagree about these questions.
grou ps. Ask fo r two or three opi nions from the whole class.
Reading
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
3'" Read through the subjects with the class. Ask Ss to read
tf Ss have access to the Internet, they could do a mini·
project to find out more predictions about how mobile
phones will change in the next five years. They could
report back in the next ciass.
the text and tick the subjects it refers to. Get them to briefly
check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
AI_IN:
Subfects referred to: 1. 3," 6, 7, 9,10
Vocabulary .
4'" Get Ss to read the text again and make brief notes
about each of the subjects in Ex. 3 it refers to. You could do
the first one with Ss to make sure they understand the level
of detail required. Ss should check their ans'M!rs in pairs.
Then get whole class feed back.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Gel Ss thinking about the noise that mobile phones
make by asking these questions:
Q: Do you have a favou rite ringtone? What is it?
Q: Do you change the ringtone on your phone
much/ ever? Why/ Why not7
Q; How do you feel about the noise of mobile
phones ringing and people talking on phones in
public places, e.g. on the train?
Review and pramtoe
AnswerS:lf 2h
7 b 8 c
38 4a
Sd
Notes tor wring the Common
European Framework (CEF)
6e
CEF References
1.1
2.
Answers:
t
3 Correct.
Not correct: any idea. 2 Correct.
4 Not correct: Any help .•• .
5 Correct.
6 Not correct: anywhere .•. . 7 Correct. 8 Correct.
9 Not correct: Everyone ... .
10 Not correct: Is
nothing/ isn't anything.
Answers: t might 2 must 3 can't
5 must 6 might 7 could 8 must
CEF 8:1 descriptor: Can ask follow·up questions to check
that he/ she has understood what a speaker intended to
say, and get clarification of ambiguous points.
(eEF page 87)
1.2
3.
4 may
Can do: check information
Can do: express agreement/ disagreement
CEf B.:r: descriptor: Can keep up with an animated
discussion, identifying accurately arguments supporting
and opposing points of view. (eEF page 78)
Can do: ma ke speculalions
(EF 8z descriptor: Can outline an issue or a problem
clearly. speculating about causes or consequences.
(CEF page 79)
i.]
4.
Answers: 1 going 2 ex-wife 3 responsibility
4 fiancee 5 barking 6 takes 7 snores
8 colleague
CEF quick brief
Answers: 1 Her brother's name is Ivan, isn't it?
2 Let's go for a swim this afternoon, shall we? 3 He
never eats meat, does he? 4 Please . make yourself
comfortable, won't you? 5 Nobody told him we were
having a party, did they? 6 I'm In time for the start of
the film, aren't I? 7 Nothing was taken out of her bag,
was It? 8 She can't sing very well. can she?
The Common European Framework is a reference
document for teachers. It is about 260 pages long. You
can download it for free from www.coe.int. The CEf
recommends that Ss use a Portfolio. This is a document
that aims to help 5s renect on, record and demonstrate
their language learning. There is a free downloadable
Total English Portfolio.
Portfolio task
Download the Total English Portfolio free {rom
www.longmon.com/ totolengllsh.
Objective: help 5s to understand the purpose and value
of the Portfolio.
This task can be done in 5s' own language.
Make sure that each student in your class has a copy of
the Total English Portfolio.
111> Ask 5s to complete their personal details on the
Portfolio and explain its purpose: to help 5s learn more
effectively and demonstrate their language abilities and
experiences to others.
2 II> Explain that you will ask them to update their
Portfolio at regular Intervals but you will not 'mark' their
Portfolio - it is an aid to learning, not a focus for learning
itself.
I
Overview
Lead-in
.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write jobs and the categories on the board: weor 0
uniform; work mostly outside; work ot night; hove 0
long training; work with mochines; trovelo lot.
Divide the class into groups and give each group a
different category. Tell Ss to write as many different
jobs for their category as they can In two minutes. Get
class feedba ck and write the jobs on the board.
1 II> Ask 5s to work in pairs to discuss which of the jobs
listed is not in the photos. Ss then discuss what they think
each job involves. Get class feedback.
Summary
Answ.rs: 1 social worlter 2 journalist: someone
who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines,
television or radio; eM........: someone who designs
and builds roads, bridges ... ; sod•• worker: someone
who helps people deal with problems such as poor
housing ... ; nursery nUrM: someone who looks after
young children; ......... : a doctor who does operations
lesson 1: Ss read an article about attitudes to work and how
work has changed over the years. They then discuss their
2a .. Play recording 2.1 and ask 5s to match each
own opinions about different ways of working (e.g. working at
home), their predictions about working patterns for the future
and their own plans for work/ studv/ life in the future.
speaker with the correct job in Ex. 1. 5s brieRy check
answers in pairs before you get whole class feedba ck.
lesson 2: Ss lislen to a radio journalist talking about Nek
Chand, an artist who created the Rock Gardens of Chandigarh
in India from recycled materials. This leads into a discussion
about recycling and other environmental issues. Ss finish by
doing a class survey about work/life balance.
Lesson 3: Ss read three extracts from the novel The NO.J
Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, in which
the main character sets up her own business. This leads to
analysing and then writing a formal job application letter.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on collocations with prepositions
including adjective + preposition and verb + preposition.
Communication : Ss talk about thtir experiences of job/
university interviews. They then listen to four different
interviews and roleplay an interview situation.
Film bank: Dream career (2'35")
An extract from a documentary about a fashion
designer. Lindsay Pressdee who started her own
business in 1996.
in the film she talks about what her job involves
including the hard work and the excitement of
showing her clothes at trade fairs and photo shoots.
Answers: 1 Journalist 2 nursery nurse 3 sura:eon
" clvll engineer 5 social wolter
b... Read through the phra ses with the class but do not
explain them at this stage. Play recording 2.1 again and
tell 5s to listen out for the phrases and the context each
one is in. After listening. get Ss to discuss in pairs what
they think each phrase means. Get whole class feedba ck.
Answrs: • chanp of ureer: when someone stops
the career that they have been dOing and retrains to do
something different; • lIibour of low: when someone
does a job not for the money but because they really
love it; • tafMf' path: the different steps that someone
takes to progress in a certain career; to take. yur out:
to stop working for a year and do something completely
different (e.g.traveO; job satlsfactfon: the feeling of
happiness someone gets from doing their job
3" Get 5s to work in pairs and think of a job which fits
each of the qualities in the box. Get class feedback.
4" 5s discuss the question in pairs or small groups.
Encourage them to give details. Ask two or three 5s to tell
the whole class about another student they talked to.
Possible places to use this short film are:
.. After l esson 1 to extend the topic of ways of
working.
EXTEND THE LEAD· IN
... After lesson 3 to extend the topic of running your
own business.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 153 and Teacher'S Book page 179·
Playa game of 'twenty questions' about jobs. 5s work
in small groups and take it in turns to think of a job (but
don't say it). The other Ss guess the job by asking a
maximum of twenty 'yes/ no' questions. Encourage them
to ask questions using the phrases in Ex. 3.
2.1 The da!)y grind
The nature of work has changed radicaUy over the last
1,000 years. Ways of working are very different and more
varied now, mostly due to changes to production methods,
especially during the Industrial Revolution and more recently
due to huge advancements in technology. Despite these
changes. however, some things remain constant especially
our apparent psychological need to work.
In this lesson. Ss read an article about attitudes to work and
how work has changed over the years. They then discuss their
own opinions about different ways of working (e.g. working at
home, voluntary work).
After listening to four people talking about how they would
like to change their working life, Ss look at the grammar for
talking about future plans and predictions. They then discuss
their predictions about working patterns for the future and
their own plans for work/study/ life in the future.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the following two sentences on the board:
1
I work to live.
2
J five to work.
Check 5s understand what they mean (t - my main
reason for work is to earn money to enjoy things in
life; 2 - I love my work so much that it is the most
important thing in my life).
Ask 5s to discuss in pairs which of the two sentences
is closest to their own feelings about work. (If Ss don't
have a job at the moment, encourage them to think
about a job they would like to do and imagine which
of the two sentences would probably be most relevant
to them).
Ask for feedback from the whole class and check which
of the two sentences is most common in the class.
Reading
1 .... Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Then get feedback but do not accept or reject
their ideas at this stage.
2 .... Tell 5s to read the text qu ickly and check their ideas
about question 2 in Ex. 1 - in what ways work has changed
over the last 1000 years and in what ways it is the same?
5s should briefly check their answers in pairs and then get
whole class feedback.
Answers: According to the text, work has changed a
lot over the last 1000 years <Pre-industrial age, people
worked for goods; after the Industrial Revolution,
people worked for money; now, many people work
ftexible hours often from home}. The overall attitude
to work Is similar to before - we do It because we
have to but we miss It If we don't do It <as implied by
the title).
3a .... Get 5s to read the text again and decide if the
statements are true or false. Encourage 5s to underline
the parts of the text which help them with the answers
and to say why the false statements are false. Ask 5s to
check answers in pairs and then get whole class feedback.
false (self-esteem increases if
you're paid to work) 3 false (even doing unenjoyable
things at work increases self-esteem) 4 true 5
true 6 false (people who don't have work become
Irritable) 7 true 8 true 9 true 10 false (the
writer thinks that worldng remotely may become more
and more common)
......111.111:
1 true
2
b .... Ask 5s to summarise the main argument of the
text by completing the sentence. Encourage them to be
concise and focus only on the main argument. They could
compare their sentences with other Ss before getting
whole class feedback.
Poilibl. ans•• r:
Although the nature of work has
changed over the years.. the basic fact that work is good
for us remains true.
4.... Get 55 to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Encourage them to use examples from their own
experience or from people they know to justify their
opinions. Get whole class feedback by asking different
groups to report on the most interesting part of their
discussions.
Vocabulary
5 .... Get Ss to work in pairs and help each other to
find the difference between the verb phrases in italics
in each pair of sentences. Encourage them to use
Engl ish dictionaries. You may want to remind them that
dictionaries can help with pronunciation of new words/
phrases as well as meaning. Get whole class feedback.
Answers: 18 to do voluntary work: to do a job
which is not paid b to work part·time: to do a job
for only a few hours or a few days a week but not
every day 2a to take early retirement: to decide
to stop working completely before the usual age of
retirement On the UK, sixty-five for men and sixty
for women) b to be made redundant: to be told
to leave your job because there is no longer enough
work 3a to work ftexltlme: to work a particular
number of hours each week or month, but you can
change the times at which you start and finish each
day b to do shift work: to have a job in which you
work for a particular period of time during the day or
night, e.g. in a factory, hospital 48 to be on strike: to
deliberately nol work for a period of time because of a
disagreement about pay, working conditions b to be
on sick leave: to officially spend time away from work
because you are sick sa to be sacked: to be told
to leave your job because you have done something
wrong b to resign from your job: to officially tell your
employer that you are going to leave your job
6 .... Get 5s to complete the sentences using the correct
form of the phrases in Ex. 5. Remind them to use each
phrase once and that sometimes they may have to change
the form of the verb. After 5s have checked their answers
In pairs, get whole class feedback.
•
_san:
do voluntary work 2 work plrNlme
,resIped 4 dol,.. shfft work 5 tlklns e.rty
1
ret5lement 6 be SICked 7 been on strike 8 being
on skk leave 9 working nPitlme 10 mlde
redundlnt
7'" Tell 5s to choose six of the questions in Ex. 6 to ask
their partner. In pairs. 5s should discuss their answers.
Get brief whole class feedback by asking two or three 5s
to report back one of their most interesting questions/
answers.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Do a 'Find someone who ..: activity with 5s. Give 5s
the following Ideas and get them to wrIte 4-6 more
themselves.
Find someone who ...
1 _.
works flexHime
2 ._ has had a part·time job in a shop
3 ... would like to work at home but doesn't
4 ... has gone on strike
Ask 5s to walk around the room and ask the questions
to different 5s. Tell them that the aim is to get a
different name for each of the points. Get brief whole
class feedback by asking different 5s to report one of
their points.
Grammar
S'" Read through the questions with the class and
:ell Ss they will hear four different people talking Oulia.
5imon. Fran and Patrick). Play recording 2 .2 and get 5s
:0 listen and answer the questions. 5s should check their
l nswers in pairs before getting whole class feed back.
"un: a Julia: she's too stressed and," up/ no
deftnite ptans but some 1dNs. b 5jmon: he wants
to retraki/his definite ptans but not sure of the
dItes yet. probabfy September. c Fran: she feets
Isolated worIdnl from home/has definite plans (job
Intenitw). d Pmkk: he wants to lake on more
responsibility/no definhe plans.-
9a...
Tell 5s that examples 1-6 in the Active grammar
)Ox come from the recording they've just heard. Get
:hem to try to complete the examples from memory.
rhen play recording 2.) and ask 5s to listen and check
:heir answers. They should check answers in pairs before
;etting whole class Feedback.
Active gr.ammar
1 ... I'll go ... 2 ... I'm going to leaW! ... 3 I'm
meeting ... 4 ... they'll offer ... 5 ... Is going to be ...
6 He's bound to .. .
b ... Ask 5s to work in pairs and match the rules A-F in
the Active grammar box with the examples 1-6. Get whole
class feedback.
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28
JA 40
sC 6 F
... You may want to point out to 55 that the choice of
which Future form to use often depends largely on the
altitude of the speaker. For example, if the speaker feels
confident that everything has been arranged. they may
choose to use the Present Continuous. However, other
future forms may also be appropriate and grammatically
correct.
10'" Get 5s to choose the best alternative for each
se ntence. Remind them to look for clues in the sentences
as regards the altitude of the speaker (e.g. how sure they
are or if they feel they have any evidence) . Ask 5s to check
their answers in pairs and then get whole class feedback.
2 're meeting J 's bound
to ,,'m IOIng to look for S won't 10 6 'm playing
7 's bound to
.........: 1 golnl
11'" Tell 5s that there are other ways of talking about
ruture plans apart from the future rorms in the Active
gram mar box. Get 55 to read through the How to ... box
and to complete se ntences 1-5 with the words In the box.
5s should check their answers in pairs Then get whole
class feedback.
AImNn: 1 thlnldng 2 sure
5 probably
3 Idea
4 depends
Person to person
12a ... Get 5s to work in pairs and ask them to teU each
other about their work/ study/ life plans ror the ruture.
Remind them to use the language in the How to ... box as
appropriate and to read the example to get them started.
b... Get whole class reedback on the discussion by
asking various pairs of 5s ir any of their plans for the
future are very different and if so, how.
OPTIONAL VARIATION
Instead of getting Ss to discuss their work/ study/ life
plans for the future. you couid give them different,
more specific categories to discuss. They couid
discuss the following, and then report back to the
class on the most interesting points they discussed.
Things I wont to chonge this year
What new hobbies I'm interested In starting
My English studies in the next yeor
My 'three' year' plan'
2.3 Ready for businesa
2a .. Read through the questions with the class. Then
get Ss to discuss them in pairs. Do brief feedback on their
ideas but do not accept or reject any ideas at this stage.
The No. J Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall
Smith was published in 1998 and is the first in a series of
b.. Get 5s to read extract 2 quickly and check their ideas.
five books including Tears of the Giraffe. It tells the story of
the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious
Ramotswe, who wants to 'help people with problems in their
Again remind them not to worry about aU the details but
just focus on answering the two questions. After checking
their ideas in pairs. get whole class feedback.
lives: Almost as soon as she sets up her detective agency
business. she is hired to track down a missing husband,
uncover a con man, follow a wayward daughter and find a
missing child, who may have been snatched by witchdoclors.
In this lesson, Ss read three extracts from The NO.J Ladies '
Detective Agency, in which the main character is setting up
her own business. This leads to a grammar focus on in case.
Ss then read and analyse a formal job applicatlon letter,
finishing by writing one of their own.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of novels. Discuss these questions
with 5s.
Q: Have you read any novels In which the main
character Is particularly Interesting or memorable?
Give details.
Q: Have you read any novels which are set In a
different country or a particularly Interesting place?
Give details.
Q: If you were asked to recommend a novel to a
friend, which one would you r.commend and why?
Reading
la.. Focus 5s on the book cover and get them to
discuss the quest ions in pairs. Then get brief whole class
feedback but do not accept or reject any ideas yet.
b.. Get 5s to read extract 1 and check their ideas.
Remind them to read quickly to find the answers to these
questions but not to worry about other details at this
stage. After briefly checking their answers in pairs. get
whole class feedback.
Aftswtrs: 1 The story Is selin Botsw.n.,
Africa 2 The main character, Precious R.motswe,
starts her own business - a detective agency
C" Read through the tines with the class. Then get 5s to
read the text again and explain each of the lines in their
own words with a partner. Remind them to look at the
context and the surrounding sentences to help them. Get
whole class feedback.
Pouibl, answers: 1 People generally think that
seHlng up your own business Is easy but then find
there are more problems and difficulties than you
expected. 2 When she saw how much money she had
inherited from her father, she found fl was much more
than she had expected. 3 She knew that she was
golnl to have to start completely from the beIInnlnl
with settlnl up her own business because nolhlnllike
this existed already.
An...s: 1 She finds an ofRce and does It up.nd
decorates iL She buys furnllure foJ the office. She
emptoys a secretary. 2 NOI many problems. The office
was sorted out quickly because she paid cash and she
'M)rked hard herself. She found II easy to find a secretary.
3" Get 5s to read extract 2 again and answer the
questions. Get Ss to check their answers in pairs. then get
whole class feedback.
1 curtains. two desks, two chairs and
a typewriter 2 a secretary by phonlnllhe local
secretari.1 college 1 No, they weren' busy at flrsI
- perh.ps because nobody knew .bout her agen(¥.
Answers:
4a .. Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs and then
get brief feedback about their ideas.
b .. Get 5s to read extract 3 on page 145 and check their
ideas. Remind them to read quickly and focus only on
answering the two questions. After checking in pairs, get
whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 Mma Ramotswe did not feet optimistic
about her business. She was convinced there 'M)uld be
no clients and she would close in • month. 2 They
did gel a cUent on the first day of business (to their
surprise).
C" Read the four headings with the class. Ask 5s to read
extract 3 again and to write one sentence to summarise
each heading. Encourage them to write concisely using
one sentence only for each one. Get them to compare their
se ntences with a partner, then get whole class feedback.
PossIbl, .nswtrI: 1 Mma Makutsi seems to be
an enthusiastic, well-que1ifted and professional
worker. 2 Mma RamoIswe is hopeful but not very
optimistic that her business will succeed. 3 Mma
Ramotswe feels quite wonted that her employee Is
too lood for the job. "When MIftI Malwtsl 'hurtled
throush the door'. she was udted about the .rrlval of
the client and keen to do a professional job.
5" Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs or smalt
groups. Even if 5s haven't started/ thought of starting their
own business. encourage them to think about the reasons
why noti or to think about what specific difficulties they
might have if they did . Get brief whole class feedback.
0" Tell Ss to read their sentences to a partner. They
should then guess which of their partner's sentences is
false. Get brief feedback by asking two or three Ss to
report back on their partner's false sentence.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD· IN
Write the following two sentences on the board and
ask Ss to work in pairs and complete them using an
appropriate word / phrase (a different one for each
sentence). You can help Ss by giving them in cose and
If and asking which goes in which sentence?).
1 She
would answer the phone _ _ lt rang.
2 She stayed in the office _ _ the phone rang.
(Answer:
1 if 2
in case)
6'" Focus Ss on the examples in the Active grammar box.
Then gel them to work in pai rs and choose the correct
alternatives for the rules t-4. Then get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
Ii!
why somebody did something
2iil
precautions
Ohings we do in order to be ready for a possible
future situation) 3 emphatic "at the end
... You could clarify the difference between in case and if:
We use in cose to say why someone does something. You
do something now in case so mething happens tater. J' II
give you my phone number in case you get lost.
We use it to say what will / won't happen if something else
(doesn't) happen. !I' get lost, I'll phone you.
7" Get Ss to write sentences using the prompts and in
cose. Focus Ss on the example and remind them that they
may need to change the verb tenses and to add words.
Get them to check their answers in pairs before getting
whole class feedback.
Writing
OPTIONAL WARMER
Tell 5s they are going to read an advert for an assistant
manager for a new pizza restaurant. Ask them to work
In pairs and make notes about what the advert might
ask for (e.g. type of person, experience). Get brief
whole class feedback but do not accept or reject any
Ideas al this stage.
Gel 5s to read the advert in Ex. 9 and check their
Ideas. Get whole class feedback.
9" Get 5s to read the job advert (if you didn't do the
optional warmer) and the letter of application and answer
the questions. Ss should then compare their answers in
pairs before getting whole class fee dback.
AnswIn: 1 Experience as a waitress In three different
rest.urants /caffs and she is very keen, hard·workinl
and sociable. 2 Her aim for the Mure 15 to open her
own restaurant. 3 It Is. good letter of application
(appropriate layout, good o'l.nI5ltlon, formal
language and appropriate content - what was asked for
In the advert).
10" Get Ss to read the tetter again and match the
descriptions 1-4 with the correct paragraph in the letter.
Get whole class feedback.
Answers:
AnIwMs: t I always write 'Ihlnss to do' lists In case 1
forpt sornethlnglmportant. 2 1usualty leave more
time than 1need to ptlo won. In case the traffic Is
bad. ]1 always lake a glass of RIft to bed In case
I'm thirsty In the night. • I usualty take a first alet
Idt on hoI.Ict.y justin case. 5 111 gtve you my phone
numbel In case you get IOSI. 6 He took h~ umbt'ella
just In case tI rained on the WIt to the Interview. 7 111
buy extra food In case the children are hunpy after the
football match. 8 You should write your address on
your suitcase In case It gets lost. 9 1won't CO out this
evenln. just In case Daniela phones. 10 They wanted
me to enter my email address twice In case I'd made a
mistlke the first time.
Person to person
sa ..
Get Ss to look again at sentences 1-4 in Ex. 7. They
should work in pairs and tell each other if they are true for
them or not. Get brief class feedback.
b .. Get Ss to write four more sentences about
themselves using Gust) in case, including three which are
true and one which is false. Remind them not to tell their
partner which is false.
Correct order: 4, 2, ], 1
b .. Check that Ss understand that this type of formal
leiter uses more formal language. Read through the
informal language in the table with the class. Ask Ss to
complete the table with the formal equivalent expressions
from the letter. Get Ss to check their answers in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
....,..: 2 I am writing to apply for the lob. ] I
believe that I have I.ined valuable experience. 4 I
feel th.t I would be suitable for the job. sl am
partkularly Interested In this lob. 6 1can be
contacted on the phone number above. 7 1look
forward to hearing from you. 8 Yours Sincerely.
Check that Ss understand that when we use formal
language,
a) there are some 'set' expressions (e.g. Yours sincerely)
b) we don't use contractions (e.g. I am writing)
c) we use more formal vocabulary (e.g. gained, suitable)
11" Get Ss to choose one of the job adverts on page
151. Ask them to write a formal leiter of application.
Remind them to use the paragraph plan and the language
as appropriate in Ex. 10. Set a word limit of 1.20 words.
Vocabulary: CoDooat!ona with
p~itiODB
In th is lesson. Ss focus on collocations with prepositions.
including both adjective + preposition (e.g.
+ preposition (e.g. apply (or),
proud 0" and verb
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the word in on the board and ask Ss what type
of word grammatically it is (a preposition). Gel Ss to
write a list of ten prepositions as fast as they can. They
should put their hands up when finished.
Ss compare their lists in pairs. Then get class feedback.
writing up all the prepositions (e.g. (rom, about. with.
at, by, into, onto, over. under. before, ofter, for. off ....)
1" Tell Ss that some adjectives collocate with particular
prepositio ns. (You may need to explain that collocale
means 'go together for no particular reason' and that
Ss just have to learn which ones go together) . Tell 5s to
complete the sente nces using the correct preposition
which collocates with the adjective in bold. After checking
their answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
_ _ a:
6 to
1 In 2 about 3 of 4 about 5 on
7 from 8 at 9 of 10 about
2 .... Tell 5s that some verbs also collocate with particular
prepOSitio ns. Get them to complete the sentences with the
correct preposition from the box which collocates with the
verb in bold. 5s check answers in pa irs. Get class feedback.
Answers: 1 for 2 from 3 on 4 for 5 in
6 about 7 for 8 on 9 in 10 of
3a .... Get 5s to match the se ntence halves 1-8 with a- h.
Tell them that some of them are adjectives and some of
them are verbs and that they should try to do it without
looking back at Ex. 1 and Ex. 2 .
b..
Play record ing 2.8 and get 5s to check their answers.
Answers: Ii 2e 3d 4b 516a 718h 9c 10 '
4" Get 5s to complete the questions with the correct
preposition. 5s check in pai rs. Get class feedback.
Anlwtrs: 1 for 2 on 3 .bout 4 to/from
6 on 7 on 8 for 9'bout 10 of
5.t
5" Tell Ss to choose five of the questions in Ex. 4 that
they would like to ask their partner. Get Ss asking and
answering their questions in pairs. Get brief whole class
feedback, asking two or three 5s to report back on their
most interesting question/answer.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get 5s to stand up and mingle and ask different
questions from Ex. 4 to as many 5s as possible. They
then report back brieny to the whole class on their
most interesting question/ answe r.
Communlcaiion:
The best candidate
In this lesson, 5s talk about their experiences of job and/ or
university interviews, how they might feel about interviews
and how they can prepare properly for them. 5s then listen to
parts of four different interviews and finish by roleplaying an
interview situation for a job or a place on a course.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Playa quick game of Word Association.
Write the word interview on the board and ask 5s to
work in pairs and write down any words/ phrases that
come into their heads associated with interview. (They
should not think about it too much.)
Get whole class feedback and write the words up on
the board. (e.g.: job, n!rvous, smort suit, interviewer.)
1'" Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs. Then get
whole class feedb ack.
2a ... Get 5s to discuss the question in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback, encouraging 5s to justify their
answers particularly for the more controversial ones.
~ The positive ones Ire: 4. 6, 9. 10
b .. Get 5s to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups, encouraging them to give details from their own
experience. Get class feedback, aski ng two or three 5s to
report back about another student's experience.
3a ... Read through the questions with the class. Play
recording 2.9 and tell 5s to listen to parts of interviews
with four differen t candidates and answer the questions.
5s check their answers in pa irs. Get whole class feedback.
1M...
KnIt: )ob inteIlIkw/7 - she talked about
her _ _ _ ".~_
t-r: university bite! dew/I-she was Late
u.. _
.....iN/S - sI1e didn't _ l o r die
. ..-n_
~
jobl" " - I _ .
b ... Tell 5s to try to complete the interviewer's sentences
with a partner. Then play recording 2.10 and get 5s to
listen and check their answers.
. . . . . 1 ~nl 2.bout 3 ofIke
4 lnteMewtnl 5 rnsons 6 plans
4'" Get Ss to work in pairs and choose one of the adverts
on page 146. They then prepare for the interview by each
following the relevant instructions for the interviewees and the
interviewers. They could write notes but should not write out
the whole interview. (You could ask two of the 'interviewees' to
work together at this stage to help each other. Similarly for the
'interviewers'.)
5a'"
Get Ss to work in their pairs and roleplay their
interview. They may use their notes if necessary.
b.. Tell Ss to change roles and prepare and roleplay another
interview, following the instructions and making notes.
e... Get whole class feedback by asking Ss the question and
encouraging them to justify and explain their reasons.
Review and praoitoe
Answers: 1 'm going to watch 2 'II have 3 's going
to 4 'II go and get 5 'm meeting 6 'II be 7 're
going to have 8 'm playing
2.
Answers:
Sal. 2id
Hi Antonio,
I can hardly believe it - but by next Friday afternoon, I'll
have finished all my exams! Untillhen, I'm completely
up to my eyes in revision. I'll be reviSing for my exams
the whole of th is weekend and then every spare minute
I get next week. I really can't wait to get them all out of
the way.
I'm really excited though. because I've booked a
holiday fo r immediately after. In fact, this time next
week, I'U be waiting for my mght to Crete. I'm going
with Daniel - we've both been there before and loved
it. After this holiday, we'll have been Ihere four times!
Anyway, that's why I'm writing reatly. I just wanted to
know ifyou'U have left your job by then. If you have,
why don't you come with us? I know it's short noUce,
but It would be great if you could come.
let me know as soon as you can. Either email me or
phone anytime. I won't be going to bed early tonight
because I've got so much to do. Really hope you can
come.
Gianni
3.
Answers: 1 detail 2 retirement 3 initiative
• quality 5 surgeon 6 volun tary 7 redundant
8 deadlines
4.
Answers: 1 complains about 2 worried
about 3 succeeded in 4 depends on 5 prepared
for 6 modest about
Notes for using the Common
European Framework (CEF)
CEF References
:J .1 Can do: talk about future plans and make predictions
CEF 82 descriptor: Can give clear, detailed descriptions
on a wide range of subjects related to his/ her field of
interest. (CEF page 59)
2.2 Can do: do a survey and report the results
CEF 82 descriptor: Can synthesise and report information
and argume nts from a number of sources. (CEF page 81)
2.3 Can do: write a formal letter of application
CEF 82 descriptor: Can express news and views effectively
in writing, and relate to those of others. (CEF page 83)
CEF quick brief
The Common European Framework is produced by the
Council of Europe. The Council of Europe is concerned with
issues like human rights, European identity, ed ucation
and more. This identity is based on diversity and the
Common European Framework gives equal importance to
all languages of Council of Europe member nations.
Portfolio task
Downlood the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longman.com;totolengllsh.
Objective: help 5s to use the PortfoUo to assess their
skills.
This task can be done in 5s' own language .
.. Portfolios are divided into three main sections.
The first Section is called the ' Passport'. The Passport
is deSigned to summarise relevant language learning
experiences and qualifications. This can be shown to
others, for example new teachers, employers, etc. Firstly.
however. it is hel pful for learners to give their own
assessme nt of their abilities in the different skills areas.
1" Help Ss to understand the self-assessment grids
(the re are many tran slations available as this is a standard
document) for levels A1 to 81.
2"
Ask 5s to assess their own abilities in the different
skills areas (listening, rea ding, spoken interaction, spoken
production, and writing). Ss complete the langu age skills
profile by shading in the relevant boxes.
3"
Explain that Ss can update this profile as they
progre ss and they can fill in profiles for other languages.
Overview
Lead-in
.... , 1ft . . . . .
-
2 I ""
Is Ills
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of old and new. Ask 5s to th ink
about a place they know well and discuss what Ihey
know about: a) one of the oldest buildings and
b) one of the newest buildings.
Prompt 5s by asking questions (e.g. Where is it?
When wos it built? What' s i t {or? Who built it ? Is it
open to the public? What do you like about it?)
1" Focus 5s on the photos and get 5s to discuss the
questions in pairs. If Ss do not know what/ where the
places are, you could give them some of the information
below. Get whole class feedback.
AnlwtrS: A about 3000 BC B about t960 AD
C about 440 BC D about 2000 AD
A The Parthenon In Athens. Greece Is the most
Summary
lesson 1: Ss read two texts: t he story of the Trojan War and
a film review of the recent film Troy (based on the story of
the Trojan War). Ss then discuss different heroes and write a
short story about a hero or hero ine.
Lesson 2: Ss listen to a radio programme about China,
including facts about life in both ancient and modern t imes.
55 also focus on inventions and materials, finishing with a
discussion about what afe the most important inventions.
Lesson): Ss read part of a newspaper article and two letters
in response to the article about 'the good old days' and how
much globalisalion and changes in society have affected our
lives. Ss then give a presentation about a city they know.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on ma king nouns, looking at the
different suffixes we can use (e.g. ·lion, ·ness).
Communication: 5s listen to someone talking about what
he has learned in life and 5s discuss what they have learned
in their lives. This leads to a discussion about the importance
(or not) of history.
film bank: film heroes (6',+8")
Extracts from two old adventure films, focussing on
the heroes, 5inbad and Ben·Hur.
Important and characteristic monument of ancif!nt
Greek civilaalton and Is dedicated 10 Athena
Parthenos. the palron goddess of Athens. B Sydney
Opera Houle In Sydney. AustraUlils In Sydney harbour
and has betome an Australian icon. In the late 19505,
a competition was held for its design. The winner was
Danish architect, Jorn Utton whose evocative design
of a ship at full sail creates a dramatic view. C The
Gre.t Pyramkls In Giza. near CaIro, EIYPl are an
extraordinary feat of building skill and engineering.
The largest one was built as the tomb of Egyptian king,
Khufu. It is about 138 metres high (by far the tallest
buildIng in the world until very rKenny) and contains
2,300,000 blocks (the average weight of each is 2.5
tons). D The London Eye, In London, EqIand, UK
or the Millennium Wheel, is the flrst·bullt and largest
'observation wheel' In the world standing 135 metres
high. The wheel carries thirty-two passenger capsules
and one revolution takes thirty minutes to complete.
2a ... Explain to 5s that different adjectives collocate
with the things in the table. Get Ss to work in pairs to find
the three incorrect underlined adjectives in the questions.
Remind them to use the table and a dictionary to help.
Get whole class feedback.
Ans.....: 1 antique "old
6 ancient
The Seventh Voyage a{Sinbad, made in 195B, is most
fa mous for it's monsters and other special effects
which are still considered to be spectacular despite
the age of the film. Ben·hut, made in 1959, stars
Charlton Heston and is regarded as a classic, being
the first film ever to win eleven Oscars.
Possible places to use this short film are:
.. After Lesson 1 to extend the topic of heroes/stories/old
films or as practice of narrative tenses
.. At the end of the unit to round up the topic and language
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students' Book
page 154 and Teacher's Book page 180.
b ... Get 5s to work in pairs and ask and answer the
questions together. Get brief class feedback by asking 5s
to report back on one of their questions/answers.
EXTEND THE LEAD-IN
Get 5s to give a mini-talk about one of the things in
the table in Ex. 2a.
Give them a few ideas of what to talk about (e.g. an
elderlv relative). Get to make 55 notes to prepare.
Then get them to give the mini-talk to a partner.
Finish by asking a few Ss to report back to the class
on what their parlner lold them.
a.1Beroes
Scories in books and films - old and new - are full of famous
~oes and heroines. The Greek poet Homer wrote the story
fJlthe Trojan War in his book The iliad On the sth century
IC). It Is a story of love as well as war and the main hero is
N legendary warrior, Achilles who while fighting on behalf
"'King Agamemnon seeks his own glory. The story has been
~old
throughout the generations, most recently in the form
the film Troy, made in 2004 and starring Brad Pitt.
this lesson. Ss read two teKts: the first Is the story of
Trojan War and the second is a fitm review of the film
9'DY. Ss then focus on the grammar of narrative tenses and
.!:$Cuss different heroes from history (Hannibal). fiction
s''lakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) and real life (e.g. famous
~
~ple like Princess Diana and 'ordinary' people like
~fishte(s).
Ss finish by writins a short story about a hero or
.....oine.
OPTIONAL WARME R
Write thesl! words on the board and set Ss to discuss
what thl!Y think the difference is between them.
a hero a celebrity a champion on idol
If you think Ss need more guidance; eilher, ask them
to use dictionaries to look up definitions and then
compare them; or, give them these definitions and ask
them to malch them to the correct word.
A person who Is admired for doing something
extremely brove (0 hero).
Answrs: 1 F (it's also about low and passJon) 2 F (the
purpose was to put their lroubees behind lhem .nd look
fonrInilo a better future loptttef In peace) 3 T
• T 5 F (Achilles didn't w.nllo help Aaamemnon. He
only w.nteet to become flmous himself)
3 '" Remind Ss that Homer's story was made into a film
called Troy in 2004 and tell them that they are going to
read a review of the film. Tell Ss to read the film review
on page 146 and answer the questions. Ss should briefly
check answers in pairs. Get class feedback.
AI....~ 1 Hector (played by Eric Bana - 'fI, more
heroic Ihan .nyont else') 2 pnerally positive
4 '" 5s read the text on page 146 again and complete the
notes. They check answers in pairs. Get class feedback.
"'1'1.:
the
1 the horrors and brutailly of war 2 how
events affect the peopie 3 Achilles and Hector
• 2.000 S Hector 6 fln.1 flShI between Hector and
Achilles 7 It's nol exactly the same.s the original
story In lhe lOad. 8 wry good ('an ImpressiYe film'!
"four stars out of fIw')
5 '" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group 10
report back on one point they discussed.
Grammar
A living person who is famous and often in the news
(0 celebrity).
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
A person who has won a competition especially in
sport (0 champion).
Write these sentences on the board, reminding Ss
Ihalthey are from the first text on the Trojan War.
A person who is loved and admired (an Idol.)
Trode __ and manycities __ into ruins.
Secretly. while the guests __ the feast, Paris and
Helen __ the party together.
Reading
. .. Gel 5s to discuss the first question in pairs or small
IfOUps. Then get whole class feedback. aSking two or three
55 to report back their ideas to the class. Then ask 5s to
discuss the se<:ond question and gel whole class feedback
but do not accept or reject any of their ideas at this stage.
2&" Focus Ss on the pictures and read through the
QUestions with the class. Tell Ss to read the text quickly
a'Id answer the questions. Then get them to check their
.nswers In pairs before getting whole class feedback.
~C
sn:
Kins Mentoiaus of Sparta; Helen
......Iaus'5 wife). KinS ~non of Greece
1
Ss work togelher to complete the sentences without
looking back at the text. If the Ss need more help•
give them the verbs: leave. fall, enjoy and decline.
Get whole class feedback and remind Ss that these
are all narrative tenses and used for telling stories.
(had been declining; hod fol/en; were enjoying; left)
6a'"
Gel Ss to match Ihe underlined verbs in Ihe Active
grammar box to the list of narrative tenses A- D. Gel whole
class feedback.
_1iS.rs.:
had been declining - 0; had f.llen - C; were
enioyln,- H. left - A
"nelaus's brother); Klns PrIam of Troy; PrInce Hector
.--'5 eldest son); ParIs (Hector's bfother); Achll~
~ ..... warrior ftshlt". lot _ I ,AchIlles
,.. tIIKrIbed as .. huply skilled and hetok soldier')
b"
TeU Ss to read the text again and answer the
questions, encouraging them to correct the false
statements. Get them to check their answers In pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
b ... Get Ss to complete each explanation in the Active
grammar box by writing the name of the correct narrative
lense A-D.
Active grammar
Past Simple 2 Past Perfect Simple 3 Past
Continuous 4 Past Perfect Continuous
1
C'" Get 5s to look back at the first two paragraphs of
the text about the Trojan War in Ex. 2. TeU them to find
and underline more examples of narrative tenses with a
partner. Then get whole class feedback.
AnswerI: Past Simple: decided, feU. was. ordered: Past
ontinuous: were looking; Past Perfect Simple: had been
able: Past Perfect Continuous: h.d been nghllng
7a ... Focus Ss briefly on the picture and tell them that
the story in this exercise is about Hannibal (a hero from
ancient times who used elephants in battle). Tell Ss to
choose the best alternative for each verb form. 5s check
their answers in pairs. Do not get class feedback yet.
b ... Get Ss to listen to the story (recording 3.1), and
check their answers. Get whole class feedback.
AnswIn: 1 had been 2 had been trading 3 had
been 4 had taken S hadn't manased 6 deckled
7 was 8 was marching 9 joined 10 reached
n had died 12 won
Person to person
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write Romeo and Juliet on the board and ask Ss to
brainstorm what they know about It.
(One of Shakespeare's most famous plays: a tragedy
written In 1594-5. The hero and heroine are lovers
who come from families who are 'at war' with each
other. The story was most recently made into a film
in 1996, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring
leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo.)
9a ... Get 55 to work in pairs and look at the underlined
expressions in the box and decide what each one refers to
(a. b, c or d) . Get whole class feedback.
......: a) For tM pmtIous '"' anturles, Up until
that point, lJntJ7 b) A/t~r thot, From that point on,
sc.
Slnc~ thtn c) In tht 8th century
At thot time. In
228 Be d)~, throughout. During
b ... Ss should work in pai rs and try to add any other
expressions to the box, thinking again about what each
one refers to.
10'" Ask Ss to choose the correct alternative in each
sentence. Ss sho uld check their answers in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
Ans ••,.: 1 Durin, 2 From that point on
3 For 4 in 5 throUghout 6 Up untilihat point
7 Since then 8 until 9 At that time 10 While
11a ... Get Ss to complete the sentences about
themselves, encouraging them to write interesting
information.
b ... Get Ss to compare their sentences with a partner. Tell
them to give one or two more details about each sentence.
They could also ask each other further questions. Get
whole class feedback by asking two or three 55 to report
back on one thing their partner said.
Writing
12'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups, encouraging them to give reasons for their
opinions. Get whole class feedback and see if 5s have
similar or very different opinions.
Tell Ss that they are going to tell the story of
Romeo and Juliet. Divide the class into Student As and
Student Bs. Tell the As to look at page 147 and work
together in pairs using the notes to practise telling their
part of the story. Bs should do the same on page 148.
13a ... Tell Ss that they are going to write a short story
about a hero or heroine and ask them to choose one
person from the list. You could refer them back to previous
discussions to remind them about the differen t options.
Tell them not to tell other Ss which hero or heroine they
have chosen (as they will have to guess this later).
b ... Organise Ss to work in pairs with one A and one B in
b... Get Ss to write brief notes about the events and the
each pair. Get them to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet
together taking turns as indicated in the notes. Remind
them to use narrative tenses as appropriate.
characters in the story. Remind them to write notes and
not the whole story at this stage.
Vocabulary
14a ... Tell Ss to write their story using the notes and
the paragraph plan. Remind them not to write the name
of the hero in their story, but just to use he/ she and other
appropriate nouns. e.g. the person, the heroine). Remind
them to use narrative tenses and time expressions as
appropriate.
8a'"
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write on the board: 1 While the guests were enjoying
themselves, Paris and Helen left the party. 2 For the
previous few centuries, the two kings had been fighting.
Ask Ss if the underlined parts of the sentences refer
to: A a time before, B a time after, C a specific time, 0
actions at the same time. (While - 0; For the previous
few centuries = A)
Elicit that these are lime expressions.
C'" Get Ss to divide their notes into three paragraphs
using the paragraph plan.
b ... Get 55 to work with a partner and read his/ her story.
Ask them if they can guess the name of the hero/ heroine
their partner has written about. Get brief whole class
feedback by asking how many Ss guessed the hero/
heroi ne in their partner's story.
AnIwrs:le
8.2 '..,d of invention
ina is a huge country with an incredibly long and rich
-.slOry. One of the things ancient China is famou s for is being
~ 'land of invention', credited with inventing many important
--;ings. from paper and umbrella s to cast iron and gunpowder.
~ern China is a fascinating place too, with 1.3 billion
~ple - a staggering one fifth of the world's population.
~riculture
z f ) 8 4a
5b 6c
7h 8d
b II> Tell 5s to complete the se ntences with the most
appropriate adjective from the box. Then get 5s to check
in pairs but do not get whole class feedback yet.
Answers:
5 shiny
1 Slippery
6 stretchy
z smooth ) furry "itchy
7 rough 8 soft
has always been important, but now there are
-:any booming industries too. including production of such
:..ngs as toys, clothes. cars and electronic goods.
'or more information about China, go 10: http: //www.
lIDIlelyplanet.com/ worldguide/ destinations/asia/ china/
this lesson, Ss listen to a radio programme about China,
acluding facts about life in both ancient and modern times.
Ss also focu s on possessions, inventions and the materials
-~y are made of, listening to people talking about various
:ossessions. They finish the lesson with a discussion about
"'Ventions (such as the TV, the wheel and the light bulb) and
oecide which are the most important.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of possessions and objects (which
will lead into materials and inventions later).
4'" Tell 5s to think of an object they have used that day,
explaining that they don't have to have the object with
them (e.g. a kettle, money; a bus ticket). Get 5s to work
with a partner and try to guess each other's object by
asking yes/no questions. Tell them the questions should
contai n the materials and adjectives in the previous
exercises (e.g. Is it mode of feather? Is it stretchy?). You
might want to do an example yourself to start them off,
Listening and speaking
!Sa'" Play recording 3.3 and tell Ss to write down
which objects and materials are mentioned in each one,
After brieHy checking answers in pairs, get whole class
feed back.
Ask 5s to work in pairs and ask about three of each
other's possessions (e.g. bag, watch, jacket, hat, pen,
iPod) . Tell them they have one minute for each object
to find out as much as they can.
You might want to do an example first: Use one
student and ask about one of his/ her possessions.
How long have you had that bag? Was i t a present?
Who gave it to you? Why? Where did you buy it? What
do you like about it?
Answers: 1 lumper/jacket/wooi/coHon z leans/
denlm/ lycra ) earrings/Silver/gold 4 toy train/
computer games/wood/plastic 5 coats/shoes/bags/
fur/ leather
b ... Play recording 3.3 again and get 5s to answer the
questions for each dialogue. Get 5s to check their answers
in pairs and then get whole class feedback.
Answers:
1 Wool makes her skin itchy. z They're
stretchy and comfortable. 3 She's allerglc to her
earrings, .. toys made of wood 5 She doesn't eat or
wear any animal products e.g. leather shoes.
Get whole class feedback by asking various 5s to
report back on one of their partner's objects they
asked about.
Vocabulary
lall> Get 5s to focus on the pictures. 5s should work
In pairs and describe the objects in the pictures using
words in box. Get whole class feedback, checking 5s
nderstand all the words.
-
me
b ... Get Ss to work in pairs and see if they know how to
pronounce the words in the box. Then play recording 3.2
and get Ss to check their answers. You could get Ss to
repeat the words too.
C'" Ask Ss to work with a partner and add four more
materials to the box. Get whole class feedback, making
sure that Ss understand all the new words.
2'" Get 5s to think of five things they own. Tell them to
work in pairs and describe them to each other using the
words from Ex. 1. If you did the optional warmer, you could
remind 5s to use some of the objects they talked about.
aa ... Get Ss to match the adjectives with their
definitio ns. After Ss have checked their answers in pairs,
get whole class feedback. You could refer back to the
objects in the pictures or those that Ss have described for
further checks on meaning.
6
II> Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report on one of the questions.
Listening
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of China by asking Ss to try to
answer these questions in pairs. Encourage them to
have a guess even if they don't know.
Q: What's the population of Chin.? (1.3 billion)
Q:What percentage of the world's population lives in
China? (20%)
Q:What's the capital cIty of China? (Beijing)
Q:What Is/ are the officlallanguage(s) of ChIna?
(Mandarin and Cantonese - also many dialects)
Q:What's the most important festival? (Chinese New
Year-usually in February, lasting three days)
7a ... Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and di scuss
what things they associate with modern-day and ancient
China. Get whole class feedback and write their ideas on
the board.
b ~ Play recording 3.4 and ask Ss to say if the speakers
mention any of the thi ngs they talked about. Get whole
class feedback, checking with the ideas that you wrote up
on the board.
8 ~ Play recording 3.4 again and get Ss to answer
the questions. Tell Ss to check their answers in pairs,
encouraging them to correct the ones which are false. Get
whole class feedback.
AnI..,.: 1 true 2 false (only in recent years, it's
started to flourish economically) 3 false (around 105
AD) '" true 5 don't know OOIds could be carried by
one person, but doesn't say who invented it)
6 true 7 true 8 false (15% of the economy is
based on agriculture) 9 don't know (these things are
produced but we don't know if they are exported)
10 true 11 don't know (it is growing but we don't
know by how much) 12 true
9 ~ Get Ss to discuss the question s in pairs or small
grou ps. Then get whole class feedback by aski ng two or
three Ss to report back to the class.
b~
Get 5s to work in pairs and take turns to talk about
the topics they chose. Remind them to think about
appropriate use of articles. You could get brief whole class
feedback by asking one person in each group to report
back.
Speaking
13a~ Tell Ss they are going to listen to two people
talking and read the questions through with the class. Play
recording 3.5 and get them to answer the questions. After
briefly checking answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Answers:
1 they have to dedde the three most
important inventions eYer 2 light bulb
b~
Focus 5s on the How to ... box. Play recording 3.5
again and get Ss to comptete the questions in the How to
... box. Ask Ss to check their answers in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
AnSVNf'S: 1 What do you think? 2 What about you?
3 What else do you think Is important? II Do you
agree that _? 5 How do you reel about _? 6 Isn'tit
true that .2
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write the.se groups of sentences on the board and ask
5s which one in each group is correct. (Group A- 2;
Group B-1).
A 1 China is huge country. 2 China is a huge country.
3 China is the huge country.
B 1 Rice is an important export. 2 A rice is an
important export. 3 The dee is on important export.
Ask 5s what words they are focussing on in these
sentences (Articles). You could also check that 5s
know specific terms (the = definite article; %n ..
indefinite article; no article = zero article).
10~ Focus 5s on the Active grammar box. Ask them
to complete the box with the underlined words from the
tapescript on page 168. Get 5s to check their answers in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
the gun 2 the Chinese
4 the story 5 a machine
1
3 the simplest
6 China 7 paper
11 ~ Get 5s to complete the sentences using the, a/ on
or the zero article. 5s should check answers in pairs. Then
get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 The/4 The/ the
5 a/the
2: Thelthe
6 a/alThe
3
-/an/the
7 The /-
8 a/-
Person to person
12a~ Ask 5s to choose one of the topics in the list to
talk about. Tell them to thin k about what they are goi ng to
say and make some notes if necessary.
14a~ Tell Ss to look at the inventions i n the box and
decide which three are the most important, making brief
notes about their reasons.
b~
Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups and to
try to agree on the three most important inventions.
Remind them to use the language in the How to ... box as
appropriate. You might want to give them a time limit (e.g.
three minutes). Get whole class feedback by aski ng each
group to report back on what they agreed on.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
After the 5s have agreed on the three most important
inventions in their pairs, get each pair to join up with
another pair. Now tell them to agree in this group of
four, again giving them a time limit. You could then
get each group of four to join up wi th another group.
Again, tell them to agree in this larger group, giving
them a time limit.
Eventually, you might want to have a whole class
discussion and get the whole class to agree on the
three most important inventions. Remind them to try
to communicate interactively, using language from the
How to ... box at each stage.
Lifelong learning
Focus Ss on the first question in the box. Get them to discuss
questions 1 and 2 in pairs or small groups. Get whole class
feedback encouraging 5s to give reasons for their opinions.
3.3 The good old days?
Over the last few decades, the phenomenon of globalisation
has changed the world. Many people now complain that
'every High Street is the sa me' with the same shops appearing
in High Streets in london, Tokyo, Moscow and Buenos Aires.
Some people fear that the individual character and culture
of different cou ntries is being eroded and that the world is
becoming 100 uniform. Others view it differenlly, however,
seeing globalisation as a positive thing, with increased choice
and diversity available to a much larger number of people.
In this lesson. Ss read part of a newspaper article about
globalisation and the so-called 'good old days'. They then do
a jigsaw reading of two letters which respond to the article.
followed by a discussion of their own opinions about how
much these changes have affected our lives. After focussing
on the grammar of ad jectives and adverbs, 5s give a short
oresentation about a city they know, including fa cts about its
'story, how it has changed and major tourist attractions.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of the 'old days'. Ask 5s to
think about their parents (and / or grandparents)
and to discuss these questions. You may want to
do an example about your own parents (and/or
grandparents) to give them the idea.
Q: What kind of place did they grow up in (e.g. a
quiet village, a large city)
Q:What kind of shops and other facilities (e.g.
shopping centres, swimming pools) did they have?
Q:What did they do in their spare time (e.g. TV,
sports)?
Q:What kind of holidays did they have?
If possible, you could bring in some photos or ask 5s
to bring in photos to show different aspects of how
their parents' and grandparents' generations lived.
Reading
1 . Get 5s to discuss the question in pairs or small
troups. You could give them some more ideas to get them
lOing (e.g. food and resta urants, clothes and fash ion,
usic, sport, languages, travel/ holiday-s, TV programmes
itId film s, teChnology). And lor, if you did the optional
warmer, rem ind 5s to thi nk about the ideas they discussed
then. Do brief whole class feedback and write some of the
.ain ideas on the board .
2.
Tell Ss to read the extract from a newspaper article
M\d say if the writer mentions any of their ideas from the
Df!'Vious discussion. 5s should briefly check their ideas in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
L.... ::II'I:
Topks mentioned are: food/ restaurants.
dDthes/fashlon. music. languases. travel/ holidays
3" Tell 5s that they are going to read two different
letters which were written in response to the newspaper
article. Read the three summary sentences (A, B and C)
through with the class. Divide the class into As and Bs and
tell the As to read the text on page 147 and the Bs to read
the text on page 148. Student have to choose the correct
summary sentence. Tell them to check their answers with
another student who read the sa me text. Then get whole
class feedback.
Answers: Text A- sentence C; Text B - sentence A
4" 5s should stay in pairs (formed of students who read
the same text). Get them to read their text and answer the
appropriate questions, checking their answers together.
You might need to monitor or help with any difficulties but
do not get whole class feedback at this stage .
-,
Tut A:
1
mostty disagrees
2 'the tyranny of
geography' - when people had restricted choice
according to where they lived 3 There Is a hup
amount of choke In his hlsh street. .. to show that
there are shops from many different countries In one
hlsh street: 5 He says we can now choose much
more how we want to be and what we want to do (not
defined by our natlonaUty/place we live).
Text 8:
1 mostty dlSIIfMS 2 She says that different
variations of food are being created and thlt Is good.
3 no "a type of English which Is used for people
to communicate with other non-natfve speakers 5 A
single language Is when everyone speaks one languap
e.g. English, and a common languap Is when people
speak their own languqe but can also speak English,
so can communicate wfth each other.
:s II>
Regroup the pairs so that Student A is worki ng with
Student B. Get 5s to tell each other about the text they
read, using their answers from Ex. 4, and to discuss the
questions in Ex. 2.
6 " Get 5s to work in different pairs or small groups
and discuss the question. Get brief whole class feed back
encouraging them to give reasons for their opi nions.
Gra.mma.r
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write these two sentences on the board and ask 5s
what the difference is between the underlined words
and why. (strong;; an adjective, describing the noun
'opinions'; strongly;; an adverb describing the verb
'disagree').
I have strong opinions about this.
I disagree strongly with what he's saying.
Then, write these words on the board and ask Ss to
put them into two groups: adjectives and adverbs.
(Answers are in brackets).
differently (adv.), good (adj.), ugly (adj.), well (adv.),
different (adj.), never (adv.), hard (adl./adv.)
7a'" Get Ss to complete rules 1 and 2 in the Active
grammar box. If necessary. tell them to find examples
in the texts on pages 40. 147 and 148. 5s should briefly
check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
Active grammar
t
Adjectives are used to modify nouns
2
Position of adjectives: usually directly before the noun
b ... Read through rule 3 with the class. You may need
to explain/ remind Ss that we can use adverbial phrases
as well as adverbs (e.g. in the comer. lost yean and that
there are different positions for adverbs (and adverbial
phrases) in a sentence. Tell them to look at the underlined
adverbs and adverbial phrases in the texts on pages 40,
147 and 148 and to write them in the correct place in the
Active grammar box. After checking in pairs, get whole
class feedback.
Active grammar
A However B Recently C truly/almost
o generally E wildly F strongly G with interest
H throughout the world I all the time
8'" Get Ss to decide if the underlined words are
adjectives or adverbs. Refer them back to rules 1 and 3 In
the Active grammar box if necessary.
_ _ , ,"",Iy - adjectlw, lonely - a d _
2 Uvely - adjective; silly - adjective
3 nne -adlectlve/aclwrb "deadly - adtecttve
S high - adverb; well - adverb 6 (got up) earlyadverb; early (traln)- adjectfve 1 friendly - adjective;
usty - adjective
9'" Get 5s to write the missing adverb or adverbial
phrase in the correct place in the sentences. Remind them
that sometimes two different places may be possi ble and
refer them back to rule 4 In the Active gra mmar box. After
checking their answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
AnswIn: 1 I deflntt.ly Wlnt to try the local food wflen
I'm In Thailand. 2 I KdcItntIIIy spill my coffee all
over my new jacket. (or: I split my (o~ aU over my
new jacket 1CddtmaUy.) 3 I work In a really modem
bulldlnl on the '9th flOCN'. "I went on a tour of the
six capital clUes In Europe Iut MOnIh. (or: LHt month I
went on a tour of the six capital dties In EuropeJ
5 My grandmother has ....,.. been on an aeroplane
In her whole life. 6 The new building is expIftIy
designed to be both aH1'ICt1ve and practkaL
Person to person
lOa'" Get Ss to complete the pairs of sentences usIng
the correct alternatives. Ss should briefly check in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
sa completely b complete
definitely b deflnite 31 late b lately
_ _ IS:
21
b ... Ask 5s to discuss the questions with a partner. Get
brief whole class feedback by asking one student to report
back about each question.
Vocabulary
11'" Read through sentences 1-8 with the class. Tell 5s
to match the underlined verb phrases with the definitions
a-h. If necessary. remind them to do the easier ones first
and then go back to the more difficult ones. Get them
to check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
~lf
2~
3h Ite sa 6c 11 8b
12'" Get Ss to complete the sentences with the correct
form of the phrases in Ex. 11. After checking in pairs. get
whole class feedback.
AnIwws: 1 take to 2 take it for granted 3 take
part In .. take over S take your breath away
6 took off 7 take it in their stride 8 lake In
13'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back on the question they enjoyed discussing the most.
Speaking
14a ... Tell Ss that they are going to give a short
presentation about a city they know (thei r own city or
another). Get them to make notes to prepare for their
presentation, using the points listed. Remind them to
write just notes (not the whole 'script') and to include
adjectives and adverbs where appropriate.
b ... Tell 5s that they are going to practise giving their
presentation by working with a partner. Tell them to look
at the questions. listen to their partner's presentation and
give each other feedback. Give 5s some time to make any
necessary changes/ improvements to their presentations.
15'" Get 5s to give their presentations to the class.
using their notes or from memory. To fi nish, ask the class
which of the places they heard about would they most like
to visit and why.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
5s could write up their presentation in the form of a
short essay.
Vocabulary: making
nOUDs
In this lesson, 5s focus on making nouns, using common
noun endings. 5s are reminded that this type of word building
is a good way of building up their vocabulary.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write on the board: neighbourhood, happiness,
joumalis t. Ask 5s .what kind of words they are and how
they know (nouns/ they have noun endings).
In pairs, 5s write a list of as many noun endings as
they can, and an example for each. Get class feedback.
1'" If you did the optional warmer, get Ss to look
th rough the ru les and see which ones they thought of
and wh ich they did not. Get 5s to work in pairs, read the
rules and examples and write more examples. Get class
feedback writing the new words on the board .
c.
Tell 5s to look again at the sentences and th ink about
how far each sentence is true for them. They could make a
few notes to prepare what to say to a partner.
d. Get 5s to work in pairs and compare their reactions
to the statements and give reasons for their answers. Get
whole class feedback by asking a few Ss to report back on
their reactions to one of the statements.
Communication:
Lessons from history
In this lesson, 5s discuss various aspects of school subjects.
They listen to someone talking about what he has learned in
his life and discuss what they have learned in their lives. Ss
then discuss what we can learn from history.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss to compare the education system in England
with that in their own country: Q: At what age: do
children start leave/ school /take public exams?
Children in England have to go to school from age five
until sixteen, but some stay until eighteen. At sixteen,
they take an average of eight publiCexams known as
'GCS Es' (General Certificate in Secondary Education),
in a variety of subjects. Students can stay at school or
go to a Sixth Form College to do an average of three
'A·levels' (Advanced level exams).
2'" Get 5s to complete the sentences with the correct
noun form by using the word in bold. Get 5s working in
pairs and using dictionaries. Get class feedback.
ch r uus: t employer 2 childhood 3 happiness
4 supervisor 5 nexibility 6 communication
7 violinist 8 r@dudlon 9 development
to membership
3&'" Get 5s to find the one incorrect noun and correct it.
5s work in pairs, USing dictio naries. Get class feedba ck or
wait for 5s to check answers from the recording in 3b.
A.II.en:
.. typist
production 2 enjoyment 3 employment
5 modernity 6 development
t
1. Get 5s to discuss the questio ns in pairs or small
groups. Then get whole class feedback by asking each
group to re port back about one of the questions.
2a ... Read through the questions with the class. Play
recording 3.8 and get 5s to answer the questions. 5s
should check in pairs. Then get whole class feedba ck.
b.
Play recording 3.6 and get 5s to underline the stress
each word. 5s check their answers as they listen. After
5s check their answers in pairs, get class feedba ck. Get 5s
o repeat the words with correct pronunciation.
Answ.ri: 1 He hated it and he couldn't do it. 2 He's
studying Maths because he needs a Maths qualification
in Older to be a History teacher. J that studying hard
and passing exams give you more choice in Ufe
b... Read through the half sentences with the class,
checking they understand the phrases. 5s choose one half
sentence and complete it to make it true for them.
e.
4&. Get 5s to work in pairs and decide which words
ave the main stress. Encourage them to say the
sentences to each other to listen to where the stress is.
Do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
Get 5s to work in pairs and compare and discuss
their sentences. Get brief class feedback by asking a few
5s to report ~ack about their partner's sente nce.
3 ... Read through the three explanations with the class.
Then get Ss, in pairs, to read the quotes and match two of
the quotes to each explanation. Get class feedback,
b. Play recording 3,7 and get 5s to check their answers.
Get whole class feedback. You could get 5s to repeat the
sentences focu ssing on correct sentence stress.
:h
.Ci.:
The stressed words are: 1 Career
dn'I'lopment important 2 longest important
lilendshlp childhood J pollution nelghbourflood
.. weaknesses forgetfulness 5 ~entlsts mu!!clans
6 communiS!tion essential successful re!!tionshlp
Answers: A 'History is a useless ... .' 'History is more
or less bunk _.. B 'History teaches everything ... .'
'Whoever wishes to foresee ... .' C 'learning history
is easy; ... .' 'To be Ignorant ... .'
4'" Get 5s, in pairs, to choose one quote in Ex. 4.
discuss if they agree with it or not and give examples and
reaso ns to justify their opinions. Regroup Ss into larger
groups to continue the discussion, finishing with a whole
class discussion about one or two quotes,
Notes tor using the Common
European Framework (CEF')
Review and praotioe
Answers: 1 We had been walking for twenty minutes
when it started to rain. 2 Did you remember to bring
that book yesterday? 3 When I got to the party.
Jack had already gone home. 4 Correct. 5 While
Cristina was silting on the bus, someone stole her
wallet. 6 Correct. 7 Someone finally answe red the
phone after I'd been waiting for ten minutes.
2>
Answers: 1 had been working/wasn't necessary
2 were you doing/ was 3 got/had been stolen
'+ was dOing 5 arrived/ had wrapped 6 Had you
been learning
3>
Answers:
t
She lives in Alexandra Road. It's not far
from Ihe post office.
are reserved.
2 People say that the British
3 I'm not sure but I think I'd like to
be!!! architect when I grow up.
'+ Don't forget your
suncream. The sun is very strong today. 5 Correct.
6 We stayed at ! very nice hotel in Barcelona. 7 That
was one of the best books I've read for ages. 8 Shall
we sit in the garden for a while?
4>
Answers: ta badly b bad
3a perfect b perfectly
2a careful
b carefully
5>
Answers:
t
enormous
2 incredibly
3 quickly
'+ completely 5 surprisingly 6 certain
6>
Answers: t stretchy -4 itchy 2 head -4 breath
3 fashion -4 trendy I fashionable '+ of -4 in
5 while -7 during 6 time -7 hand 7 on -7 in
8 that -7 then
CEF References
] .1 Can do: write a short story
CEF 82 descriptor: Can write dear, detailed descriptions
of real or imaginary events and experiences, marking the
relationship between ideas in dear co nnected tex t, and
foHowing established conventions of the genre concerned.
(CEF page 62)
] .2 Can do: talk about materials, possessions and
inventions
CEF 8 2 descriptor: Can give dear, detailed descriptions
on a wide range of sabjects related to his/ her field of
interest. (CEF page 59)
] .] Can do: give a presentation about a place
CEF 82 descript or: Can give a dear, systematically
developed presentation, with highlighting of significant
points, and relevant supporting detail. (C EF page 60)
CEF quick brief
The Common Eu ropean Framework describes itself as 'a
common basis for the elaboration of la nguage syllabuses,
curriculum guidelines. examinations, textbooks, etc'. It is
not intended to be a definitive description of what to teach
but it is designed to offer a 'framework' which the user
can build on. In addition it believes that la nguage learning
can be measured not by how much grammar or vocabulary
a learner knows, but by what a learner can achieve with
the language that they know. Gramma r and vocabulary are
only important in terms of what they empower a learner to
do. This is an 'action·oriented' approach to language.
Portfolio task
Downlood the Tarof English Portfolio free from
www.iongmon.com/totoienglish.
Objective: help 5s to complete the record of their
'language qualifications' as well as their 'language and
cultural experiences' sections of thei r Passport.
This task can be done in 5s' own language.
1" Remind 5s that their Passport enables them to
demonstrate their relevant experiences and qualifications.
2 " Explain that recording language qual ifications
and considering language and cultural experiences are
important in this. The Total English Portfolio has two
separate sections for 5s to give information about these.
3" Give some examples of your own relevant
qualifications and experiences (exams, certificates.
exchange trips, holidays, courses, friends with that first
language, etc) .
4 " Ask 5s to write a list of their own relevant
experiences and show a partner.
5 "
Ask 5s to complete these sections of their Passport.
6" Remind 5s that they can update this at any time.
Lead-in
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the word risk on the board. Ask 55 which verb
collocates with risk. Give them some options (e.g.
make/ da / have/ take /set?J. (Answer: take a risk).
Then playa quick ga me of word association. Ask Ss
to work in pairs and list anything that comes to mind
associated with the phrase 'take a ri sk'.
Get whole class feedback and write the ideas on the
board, gelling Ss to explain the association to 'take a
risk' if necessary.
1'" Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss the
question. If yo u did the optional warmer, ask Ss If they
had thought of any of the ideas in the photos. Get whole
class feedback.
Summary
Lesson 1: Ss read an article about Ellen MacArthur (the
fastes t person ever to sail solo rou nd the world) and discuss
their reactions to her. After reading shorl extracts from Ellen's
diary, Ss discuss reasons forwriling diaries and blogs and
write an entry of their own.
Lesson 2: 5s read and listen to instructions about how to do
some physical movements and relaxation exercises. They then
practise instructing each other. Ss then read an article about
'free running' and discuss their reactions to it.
Lesson ]: Ss listen to two people discussing Million Dol/or
Baby induding the theme of risk in the film. Ss also get a
chance to practise comparing and contrasting two photos.
Vocabulary: 5s focus on the language of distances and
dimensions.
Communication : 55 playa game based on 'Snakes and
Ladders', in which they go round a board by re sponding to
Q'tIestions about the topics and grammar from the unit.
--.,
A:. skydiving is a physical risk (e.g. the parachute might
not open or the landing might go wrong).
B: people take risks financially (e.g. In the financial
markets by investing money in stocks and shares.
Their value could decrease as well as Increase).
( : buying a second·hand car could be a risk (e.g. it
might not work and be a waste of money).
0: tightrope walking Is a physical risk (e.g. you might
fall off).
2... Get Ss to work in pairs and decide which of the
alternatives is not possible in each sentence. Give them
dictionaries to help if necessary. Get class feedback.
Answers:
5 vast
t hazard 2 luck 3 gambie
6 Infatuation 7 hardly
-4 belief
3'" Read through the questions wi th the class. Play
recording 4.1 and get Ss to answer the questions. After
briefly checking in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Film bank.: Ellen MacArthur 6'10")
All extract from a documentary about Ellen MacArthur
and her record-breaking solo voyages around the
world in a sailing boat.
The documentary includes footage taken aboard
her boat during one of the gruelling trips. There are
interviews with Ellen about preparation for the trips,
mental altitude, physical endurance, sleep deprivation
and food on board _
Possible places to use this short film are:
.. After Lesson 1 to extend the topic of Ellen
MacArthur.
.. At the end of the unit to round up the topic and
language.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 155 and Teacher's Book page 181.
Answers:
1 he went with a friend on a motorbike from
'the top of Africa to the bottom' 2 to go on a sailing
expedition to the Galapagos Islands
4'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback, by asking each group
to report back on their most interesting question.
EXTEND THE LEAD-IN
Get SS to discuss these questions:
Q: In what ways
do you think people can take these risks In their
language learning? Do you think It is a good thing
to take these risks? Why / Why not? Q: How often
do you take risks In your language learning? Do you
take too many or not enough? Why?
4 .1 Going solo
Ellen MacArthur was born in 1976 and grew up in Derbyshire,
in the middle of England. Her love of sailing developed from a
boating trip with her aunt when she was eight years old and
3 .. Read the sentences through with the class and teU
them each one comes from the text. Get 5s to read the
text again and decide where each sentence should go.
Remind 5s to look at the sentences before and after the
gaps to help them. After checking answers in pairs, get
whole class feed back.
quickly blossomed into an all-consu ming passion. In 2001,
after several years of dedicated hard work, she finally got
the sponsorship she needed. Impressed by her hard work
and determination, a European company called Kingfisher
backed her with £2 million to enter the world-renowned
Vendee Globe - a three-month solo journey around the world.
Against the odds, Ellen came second and broke several
records: the first female competitor ever to lead the race, the
youngest solo sailor to ever finish and the fastest women to
circumnavigate the globe. Since then, she has broken several
more records and in 2005 she became the fastest person ever
to circumnavigate the globe alone, covering over 27,000 miles
in seventy-one days, fourteen hours, eighteen minutes and
thirty-three seconds_ For more information go to:
http:// www.teamellen.com /
In this lesson, 5s read an article about Ellen MacArthur and
discuss their reactions to her. They then focus on the grammar
of basic 'if' structures (first, second and third condi tionals).
After reading short extracts from Ellen's diary, 5s discuss
reasons for writing diaries and blogs and write an entry of
their own.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the following words/phrases on the board:
A on your own/by yourself B alone/lonely
Ask 5s to discuss this question in pairs: Q: What Is
the difference, if any, between these pairs of words?
(Answers: A on your own /by yourself: both phrases
mean 'alone'; B alone/lonely: alone means there is
no-one with you; lonely means unhappy because you
are alone or do not have anyone to talk to)
Ask 5s to choose two of the words / phrases and write
a sentence for each of them about themselves. 5s
should then compare and discuss their sentences with
other 5s.
Aftswefs:t O 2E
3C 4 F S B 6A
4 " Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking one or two 5s
for their opinions.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could use this as an opportunity to get Ss to
practise the skill of summary writing.
First, get 5s to note down the main points of the text.
TeU them to choose 3-5 points and remind them that
they can look back at the text. Get them to discuss
which points they have chosen with a partner.
Then tell them to write a paragraph using their points
to summarize the text. They could do this in pairs or
individually. Remind them to only include the main
points and not too much detail. If 5s need further
help, you could give them an example for the first
sentence: Ellen MacArthur is a young Brirish woman
who hos broken various records {or soiling singlehanded around the world.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write this sentence on the board and ask 5s to
complete it in as many different ways as they can,
using the verbs have and soil.
If I ... enough money; I ... round rhe world.
Get 5s to compare their sentences in pairs,
encouraging them to explain the difference in
meaning between the different sentences.
(Possible sentences:
Reading
1" Get 5s to discuss the questions in pa irs or small
groups. Get brief whole class feedback.
If I have enough money; I will 5011 round the world.
If I hod enough money; I would soil round rhe world.
If I hod hod enough money; I would have soiled round
the world.)
2"
Focus 5s on the photos and tell 5s they are going
to read about Ellen MacArthur. Read the topicS through
wit h the class. TeU 5s to read the text quickly and tick
the topics that are ment ioned . Remind 5s not to try to
understand everything in the text at this stage. 5s should
briefly check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
5 a " Tell 5s to complete examples 1-3 i n the Active
grammar box using don't, won't, would. hove and hod.
After checking their answers in pairs, get whole class
feedback.
Active gramma r
Would you be interested in sailing round the world,
if you had the chance?
Answers: TopicS mentioned: Ellen's achievement; her
1
attitude to her boat; her boat's facilities; the qualities
a solo saltor needs; the differences between sallln, in
t969 and today.
2 If we had had all the modern equipment, it would
have saved us time.
3 If you don't have an extreme mental toughness, you
probably won't survive.
b... Get 5s to match the ru les A-C in the Active grammar
box with the examples 1-). 5s should briefly check
answers In pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
J
Active grammar
( ~._A~3~B~'~C_2________________________
8'" Tell 5s to read the extracts from Ellen MacArthur's
diary and decide what is the main thing she wri tes about
on Day 1, Day 3 and Day 4. Get 5s to check their answers
in pairs. Then get whole class feed back. If you did the
optional warmer, you could also ask Ss if any of their
ideas were correct.
8'" Tell 5s to correct the mistake in each sente nce.
AnIwen; Day t: Her feelings about lemngland and
dolnelhe race. Day 3: The problem wfth her finpi'
Ss should check answers in pairs. Then get who le class
fHdback.
and her boat's speed, Day 4: The wind and roup
,. ".UII'I: 1 WII you phone me If anything 10"
WlDng? 2 What wouI4 you have done If a nearby boat
a..tn't pkked up your distress call? 3 You would feel
• lot better about Ihlnes If you took a risk and left your
.... 4 What would you Uke to do If you had some free
dIM and money? S If I ....., . . . a year off to
~
•
across AfrIca, I wouldn't have met my
1IIIIband. 6 If you ... John, can you ask him
~he"s lOIn. to come parachutfng with US It the
~_eb~? 7 I wouldn't .............. you come If
~ known you ..... afraid of hoistll"
Person to person
7a...
Get 5s to work in pairs and think of three people
they might see or talk to today. Ask them to tell each other
.mat they might say to these people. Get brief whole class
iHdback.
b ... Get 5s to work in pairs and imagine they had more
time each week to do the things they enjoy. Ask them to
IMI. each other how they would spend that time. Get brief
whole class feedback.
e'"
Get 5s to work in pairs and to think about major
dKisions they have made in the past. Ask them to tell
NCh other what they would have done if they had made a
different choice. Get brief whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE
You could get 5s to prepare what they are going to
say for parts a, band c at the same lime. Then get
them 10 stand up and mingle and tell their sentences
to different 5s.
.....
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You might want to do some vocabulary work on the
text. Gel Ss to read the extracts again and work with
a partner to explain the following phrases. Then get
whole class feedback.
Day t: to sink in 'hadn't really sunk in' (to fully
understand information or facts only gradually).
Dav 3: to spurt out 'The blood spurted out' (when a
liquid comes out quickly and suddenly).
Day 4: to leap 'leaping over each wove' (to lump high
in the air, often over something).
9'" Get 5s to work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Get whole class feedback encouraging 5s to give details
and reasons for their opinions .
lOa'" Tell 5s to read the definition and answer the
question with a partner, Get whole class feedback.
b... Read through the questions with the class. Get Ss to
read the blog on page t50 and answer the questions. 5s
should check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
AnIwIt"I: 1 As a way of keeping In tooch with famllyl
friends and 15 a way of expressing thoughts
lla'" Tell Ss that they are going to write an entry in
a diary or a blog. First they should choose what to write
about from the ideas in the list or their own ideas. Then
they should write some brief notes.
b... Get 5s to write their diary entry or blog. Tell them
to write about a hundred words and remind them that the
style of a diary or a blog is personal and does not have to
be grammatically correct all the time.
Writing
Lifelong learning
OPTIONAL WARMER
Tell 5s that Ellen MacArthur writes a diary when she is
on her trips. Get Ss to work in pairs and brainstorm the
kind of thing they think she writes about in her diary.
Get whole class feedback and write some ideas on the
board.
... Read through the lifelong learning box with 55. Ask
5s if any of them has ever done this. If so, ask those 5s
to talk about their experience and share their ideas with
the class. Encourage 5s to get a specia l book and start
keeping a diary in English.
4.2 Run free
Free running or 'Parkour' is the fast-growing extreme sport
that turns everyday urban landscapes into obstacle courses. It
began in 1987 in Paris. where two bored teenagers. Sebastien
Foutan and David Belle decided to make life more Interesting.
They developed a series of moves including climbing up
buildings, swinging round lamp posts, leaping over anything.
Their hobby grew and grew, becoming a global phenomenon.
In 2001, a film was made about free running and the UK·
based parkour website gets 10,000 hits a day_ For more
information go to: www.parkour.com
In this lesson, Ss read and listen to instructions about how
to do some physical movements and relaxation exercises.
They then practise instructing each other. Ss then read an
article about 'free running' and discuss their reactions to il.
They finish by focussing on the grammar of obligation in the
present and the pasl.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of phYSical movement by playing
a quick game of'Slmon says' with parts of the body.
Briefly, remind Ss of the rules (You have to do what
the teacher says, if he/ she starts by saying 'Simon
says', tf he/ she doesn't say 'Simon says', however,
you mustn't do what he/ she says and if you do, you're
OUI.) Tell Ss to do things, e.g. touch your shoulder,
lift up your left knee, put your hand on your partner's
right foot.
Vocabulary
1.... Get 5s to work in pairs and match the drawings to
the verbs In the box. You could give them dictionaries
to help. Remind them to do the easier ones first and
then move on to the more difficult ones. Get whole class
feedback.
oM",
I) strotch b) beM c) roll d)
e) lean f) lelp g) tuck h) ballnce 0 lind
_
Dflip
2a.... Focus 5s on the drawings and tell them that these
moves are part of an extreme sport called 'free running'.
Get them to complete the descriptions of the three moves
with verbs from Ex. 1. 5s should check their answers in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
~
4a.... Divide 5s into pairs. Tell Student As to look
at the pictures and read the instructions on page 148
and Student Bs to look at the pictures and read the
instructions on page 149.
b.... Get 5s to work in pairs (one A and one B). Tell them
to explain their moves to each other and check that they
are doing it correctly. Remind 5s not to show the pictu res
to each other (until the end) as the idea is to practise
giving and understanding instructions.
Reading
OPTIONAL WARMER
Ask Ss to remember the three moves involved In 'free
ru nning" that they read about In Ex. 2, without looking
back if possible. Get Ss to name the moves and
describe them to each other.
Ask Ss to work in pairs and speculate on this
question : Q: Wh.t do you n~ to do to be .ble to do
free running successfully?
Get brief whole class feedback by asking for some of
their ideas.
15.... Get 5s to read the text quickly and answer the
question. Remind them not to worry about understanding
the whole text at this stage, but just to answer the
question . Get Ss to check their answers in pairs. Get
whole class feedback. If you did the optional warmer,
check if any of their answers were correct.
h •• ,rs: To roll, to lind and to suppress Iny
last-minute doubts or fears.
6.... Ask 5s to read the article and decide If the
statements are true or false. If they are false, encourage
Ss to correct them. Get 5s to check their answers in pairs.
Then get whole class fee dback.
2 True J f .... (Ii IfOUP whkh
Iat."plft) 4 Flise (foucon b surprised)
5 True 6 False 7 Flise (Ind couldn't walk for nine
_ ) 8 True 9 Flise (It's 1<Iry because ••J
• •"1 1 True
7.... Get Ss to fin d words in the text which mean each of
the definitions. Remind them that the paragraph number
is given. Ss should check their answers in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
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Vlull :z opt 3 setback 4 momentum
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5 ____
tuck '_'_oM
6 lean
tuck
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b....
Ua: 1
5
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6 rItId
Get 5s to work in paIrs and discuss the questIon. Get
brief whole class feedback.
8.... Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
Listening and speaking
groups. Encourage them to give reasons to justify their
opinions. Get whole class feedback by asking two or three
Ss to report back about their group's opinions.
3.... Tell 5s that they are going to listen to someone
giving instructions on how to do a relaxation exercise.
Play recording 4.2 and tell 5s to follow the Instructions
and do the exercise they hear.
Grammar
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You might feel that your Ss could benefit from some
pronunciation work here. Get Ss to look again at the
sentences in the Active grammar box andl or Ex. 9a.
You could ask them to find which parts of the verb
forms are weak forms (to and have are often weak
forms).
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD· IN
Write these sentences about 'free running' on the
board and ask Ss to complete them. If you think they
need more help. you could give them these options to
make It easier (must, have to, don't hove to, should,
are supposed). Remind Ss that more than one option
may be possible. Get Ss to check answers in pairs. Do
not get whole class feedback but get 55 to check their
answers in the Active grammar box.
You could also point out where words run together
(must learn - we often drop the 't' in natural speech;
supposed to - the 'd' and 't' run together).
You ." know how to land properly.
lOa.... Tell Ss that the paragraph is about 'whitewater
rafting' and check Ss understand what this is (an extreme
sport where people canoe down the fast parts of rivers).
Tell Ss that Ihe words in the box are missing from the text
and that they should find where each one should go. Ss
should check their answers in pairs but do not get whole
class feedback at this stage.
You ..• learn how to roll.
You ... get permission to run ocross certain buildings.
You ... wear special clothes.
You ... to do it in groups.
. . . Get Ss to match each example 1-5 In the Active
anmmar box with one of the meanings A-E. Ss should
ClllKk answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Fwther checking of meaning comes in Ex. 9(.
(
Acttve grammar
l02C3 E 4 A S B
Get whole class feedback if necessary as a final check.
)
'--.----~
.... Get Ss to work in pairs to complete the examples
HO in the Active grammar box. Students have to put the
5I!fttences in the past. Get whole class feedback.
Acttve grammar
6 We should have known how to land properly.
1 We had to learn how to roll.
8 We had to get permission to run across certain
buildings.
9 We didn't have to wear special clolhes.
10
We were supposed to do it in groups.
C " Get Ss to work in pairs and decide if there is any
Merence in meaning between each pair of sentences,
_ to explain what they are. Get whole class feedback.
~
II somethinS the speaker feels is necessary to do;
~;~ somethlne else is fortine the speaker to
It Is not necessary to wear a t'e; b) means
IJOOd klea to wear a tie
a similar meanll1l
have a similar meanlnl
It was not necessary to run for the train
It was done); b) means that we did run
and It was not necessary
-,
b.... Play recording 4.3 and get Ss to check thei r answers.
'One of the best thinKS we did on holiday was to go
whitewater rafting. However, I was a bit nervous at
first when Ihey told us we had to sign somethlns
which basically said we wouldn't hold the company
responsible If we got Inlured or diedl Anyway. the IVY
in charge of our boat gave us some Instruction before
we started off. We had to wnr llfelackets of course
but I was quJte surprised that we dldn' have to wear
any kind of crash helmet. We were also supposed to
wear trainers but I'd forgotten mine SO I had to wear my
sandals. Analty.. we got going and the whole thing was
fantastic. There were eight of us In a bolt and there
realty was a 101 of 'white water'. It was a bit like being
on a rollercoaster and I nearty felt in at one point. The
one thing I'm sorry about is that I didn't set any photos.
I should have taken my camera but I was afraid I would
drop it in the water.'
Person to person
11.... Gel Ss to look at the list of things and make some
notes to prepare what they are going to say. Ss should
work in pairs and lell each other one thing for each.
OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE
Get Ss to prepare what they are going to say and then
sland up and mingle and tell different Ss about each
thing.
"--'s:
t yes 2 risk 1 he doesn't put a
promising young boxer up for a big championship
Dghl "because she's • WOII'IIn 5 no
6 he becomes emotional attached to both
4.3 MlJlion dollar risk
Clint Eastwood was born in Los Angeles in 1930 and is a
legend in the world of international movie stars. Some of his
most famous films (pictu red) are A Fistful of Dollars (1964),
Dirty Harry (1971), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Bridges
of Madison County (1995) and Million Dollar Baby (2004) . For
more information on Clint Eastwood. go to;
http://www.imdb.com/na mel nmOOO014 2/
Mil/ion Dollar Baby was directed by Clint Eastwood and won
several Oscars including Best Picture. Eastwood stars in
the film as boxing trainer frankie Dunn who, because of a
pa inful relationship with his daughter, has been unwilling to
let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. Then a
determined young woman called Maggie (played by Hilary
Swank) walks into his gym and wants him to take her on.
The last thing Frankie needs is that kind of responsibility
or that kind of risk. but he is won over by Maggie's sheer
determination.
2'" Get 5s to work in groups. If 5s know the film Million
Dol/or 8aby, they should follow the instructions in part 1.
If they don't. they should follow the instructions in part 2 .
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD·IN
Write these sentences on the board . Get Ss to work
in pairs and decide which sentence in each pair is
'stronger' than the other and why. You do not need
to do feedback at this stage (as Ss will look at these
sentences in the Active grammar box).
At: I like Clint Eastwood.
A2: I do like C/lnt Eastwood.
in this lesson. 5s listen to two people discussing Million
Dollar Baby. focussing on the theme of risk that runs through
B1: It was much better than that.
B2 : It was much, much better than that.
the film. 5s then fo cus on the grammar of emphasis, including
using repetition, adding emphasising words Oike so, such,
just, really). using the structure ' ft is ... which ... ' and adding
an appropriate form of ·do'. 5s also get a chance to practise
comparing and contrasting two photos.
(1: There are so many different themes running
through the lilm.
(2: There are many different themes running through
the film.
01 : It's the film I've enjoyed the most this year.
02 : I' ve enjoyed thor film the most this year.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce 5s to the topic of films,
Q: Which type of film In each pair would you rather
watch and why?
1 A cowboy film or a science fiction film?
2 A romantic film or an adventure film?
3'" If you did the optional wa rm er, get 5s to cheek that
the sentences in the Active grammar box are the ones
which are 'stronger' or have emphasis. Get 5s to match
the examples 1-4 in the Active grammar box with the ways
of emphasising A-D. Get whole class feedback.
3 A comedy drama or a tear·jerker?
"A psychological drama or a horror film?
You could also ask 55 about recent films they
have seen and favourite stars in each of the
categories above.
Listening
la'" Focus 5s on the photos and get them to discuss
the question in pairs. Get whole class feedback.
AnswMs: Clint Eastwood was Involved In all of them.
acting or directing or both. (Names and dates of the
Hlms art In the Infonnatlon abeNe).
b...
Play recording 4.4 and get 5s to say which of the
films in the photos the people are talking about. Briefly
check answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Answers: MIllion Dollor Baby
C'" Read the questions through with the class. Play
recording 4.4 again and ask 5s to answer the questions.
5s should chec k answers In pairs. before getting whole
class feedback.
(
Active grammar
1 0 2 A 3 B 4 C
J
'------~
4a'"
Get 5s to join the two halves of the sentences by
adding do. does or did for emphasis. You may need to
remind 5s that the form of the verb may change (to the
infinitive form). 55 should their answers in pairs, but do
not get whole class feedback at this stage.
_ _ _ 2 I did send you a messqre this
-.Inl- 3 They do Ike oysters. 4 He dld opoIosIse
for betn. so late. 5 You did realise they were married.
dldn' yo.1 6 SIlo daes need some help _ her
homework. 7 I do understand how you _ fetUn&.
tia'" Play recordi ng 4.5 and tell 5s to listen to the
sentences and underline the words/phrases that they
hear emphasised. You might want to do the first one as
an example to make sure that 5s have got the ·idea. 5s
should check answers in pairs, and then get whole class
feedback.
Jtsd •• l : l e : l t 3h 4' 5b 6. 7d 8f
SIIoIoIcIIlwoys _1<1 ~
1 _ .... sow my _
yosterdoy.
I dKJdtd to uk If I could borrow hfs MW MeKedes.
She ruUy doesn't like the words to their new sonl .
He wants to study socloloJy psycholop at
...........,.
--or
8a.
Get Ss to complete the sentences with one of
the verbs from Ex. 7 in the correct form. Ss should check
answers In pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
AM • • ,,: 1 put
_.bOIL
tit broke the IrJtchen wlndow white he was ptayln.
b " Get Ss to rewrite the sentences in Ex. sa, by
Wlinning each one with It, giving special emphasis to the
IiOderiined parts of the sentences. Remind S5 to look back
• example 4 In the Active grammar box if necessary. Ss
should check answers in pairs but do not get whole class
tMdback at this stage.
Play recording 4.6 and get S5 to check their answers.
C"
--.
• was yeslerdly that I went.nd saw my doctor.
• was his new Mercedes that I dedded to ask If I
J
,
lis the words to tMIr new sonl that she really
doesn't like.
Ills sodolOJY or psycholorv that he wants to study
It university.
n was the kitchen window that he broke while he
was pLlyins wfth a bait.
Person to p erson
61......
:I
find 3 run 4
.0....
5
turned
b.
Get Ss to work in pairs and ask and answer the
questions, Encourage them to give details In their answers
and to ask follow·up questions where appropriate.
Speaking
OPTIONAL WARMER
Focus Ss on the two photos. Get them to work in
pa irs and ask them to describe the two photos briefly
and say how they think they would feel about being
in each situation and why. Get brief whole class
feedback.
9 . focus Ss on the two photos and tell them they are
going to listen to someone comparing and contrasting
them. Play recording 4.7 and get Ss to answer the
question , After checking answers in pairs. get whole
class feedback. If you did the optional warmer, you could
com pare answers with what Ss talked about.
MIl snn: She wouldn't lMr.e to be In either situation
because she hates lronlnl and she's also StarN of
helpts and cllmblnl,
. ... Tell Ss that they are going to talk about one of the
..mgs In the list. Ask them to choose one and prepare
b their talk by making a few notes about what they
-ant to say. Encourage them to decide what points they
part1cularly want to emphasise and how they are going to
., that.
l Oa . Get Ss to work in pairs and complete the
sentences from the tapescript from memory. Do not get
whole class feedback at this stage,
b.
b. Play recording 4.7 again and get Ss to check their
Get Ss to work in pairs and tell each other about the
• g they have chosen. using their notes. Remind them to
laY attention to what they want to emphasise and how.
OPTIONAL EXTE NSION
You could get Ss to write one or two paragraphs about
the person/thIng they talked about In Ex. 6.
Vocabulary
7.
You may want to tell Ss that phrasal verbs can be
either grouped by topic (e.g. phrasal verbs about
~lationshrps). or by verb (e.g. phrasal verbs with toke) or,
IS here. by particle (e.g. phrasal verbs with out). Get Ss
to match the phrasal verbs in italics in the sentences to
the meanings a-h. After checking in pairs. get whole class
feedback.
~amed
answers.
.....IIS:
1. both :I can set/kind 3 somehow
4 Imqine how 5 much 6 milhl 7 iookJnl.n:er
8 Iooks/..... 9 also '10 eJther
1 1a. Tell 5s that they are going to compa re and
contrast two different photos. First, read through the
language in the How to ... bOlt with the class, Divide the
class into pairs. Get Student As to look at the photos on
page 149 and prepare to talk about them. Get Student
Bs to look at the photos on page 145 and prepare to talk
about them .
b. Get S5 to work together in pairs (one A and one B).
Tell them to show each other their photos and compare
and contrast them . Remind them to use the language in
the How to ... bolt.
AI•• 1rS: 1 to make someone admire you :2 to
choose or be made to do a difficult job without
hIVing prepared for It 3 to be thinldnl so hard
that you do not notice anything happening around
you 4 Onfonnal) to become angry suddenly and
violently. usually when thfie Is not good reason 5 a
person who Is quiet but has strong feellnss or a lot of
knowledge underneath
Vocabulary:
Distances and dimensions
In this lesson, Ss focus on the language of distances and
dimensions.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write t hese abbreviations on the board : kg em I mm
9 km ml m.
Ask Ss to say what they mean and put them Into the
correct category: Distance, Weight. liquid capacity.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get 5s to think of a person or situation to illustrate
an expression from Ex. 4 and describe it to a partner.
Also get Ss to think about equivalent expressions in
their own language and discuss what is the same or
different about them.
Answers: Distance: em (centimetres), mm
(miltimetres). km (kilomet re s), m (metres); Weight : kg
(kilograms), g (gram s);
Liquid capacity: I (litres). ml (mitlilitres»
1a" Get Ss to work in pairs and check they know the
words in the table. Then ask them to complete the table
with the missing parts of speech, using dictionaries if
necessary. Do not get class feedback at this stage.
b...
5 "" In pairs Ss chbose the correct alternatives using
dictionaries if necessary. Get class feedback.
AMwers:
It distance
8 shrunk
Play recording 4.8 and tell Ss to check
their answers. Get Ss to repeat them with correct
pronunciation.
AnswwrI:
S depth
short 2 widen
6 lower
1
3 broaden
4 high
1
expand :2 extended 3 stretches
5 spreading 6 lencthy 7 contracts
6a"" Get 5s to work in pairs and prepare a story. The
story must involve someone taking a risk and include at
least five of the words/phrases from Us. t, 3. 4 and 5.
b....
2 II> 5s complete the sentences with a word from the
table. After checking in pairs. get class feedback.
Answers: 1 width :2 depth 3 widen
5 shortens 6 low 7 broad
It lencthenlnl
3all>
Get 5s to work in pairs and discuss the difference
between the pairs of phrases. You could give them
dictionaries to help. Get whole class feedback by asking
different pairs of 5s to explain each pair of phrases.
Answers: 1 there Is a smail/ high chance that things
will go wrong :2 a plan that extends a lonl time into
the future/lust for a short period Into the future. 3 a
call to somewhere near your home/In another part
of the country or abroad. It a qukker, more direct
way of going somewhere/a route which takes longer
than necessary. 5 someone who Is willing to accept
behaviour or Opinions that are very different from
their own/someone who is not. 6 too thin (used
In a nesatlve way)/thln in an attractive way (used
positively). 7 someone not capable of serious
thOUght/someone who Is.
b II> Read the example through with the class. Get 5s
to work in pairs taking turns to describe a situation or a
person to illustrate the words/ phrases in Ex. 3a. The other
student decides which word / phrase is being illustrated.
4'" In pairs, 5s discuss what they think the expressions
mean. Give them dictionaries to check thei r ideas. Get
class feedback.
II
Get 5s to tell their stories to different 5s in the class.
Get whole class feedback by asking Ss which story they
think involved the biggest risk.
Communication:
Take a risk
In this lesson, Ss play an adaptation of 'Snakes and ladders.'
During the game, plavers throw a dice and go round the
board responding to various questions about the topics and
grammar from the unit.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these games on the board;
Chess Snakes and ladders Monopoly
Ask SS Q: 1 Whit Is the connection between these?
(They are all board games) Q : :2 Whit do you know
about them?
(Chess: played on a checked board. The idea is to try
to trap the other player'S King; Snakes and ladders:
players must reach the end of the board first by
trying to go up ladders and avoid going down snakes;
Monopoly: The idea is to buy as much property as
possible and earn the most money.) Q: ] Can you add
any more?
1... Focus Ss on the game. Get Ss to read the ru les of
the game. Then check they have understood the rules.
by asking questions e.g. How long do you have to speak
for? Get Ss to work in groups of 3-5 players and play the
game. Monitor and make a note of mistakes you hear.
Write them on the board and ask Ss how to correct them
in pairs.
Bev1ew and praciioe
Notes for using the Common
~ean Framework {CEF
1_
AnswerS:1g
2d]b
4e
sa
6f 7h
Be
CEF References
4.1 Can do: write a diary entry
Answers: 1 What will we do if Ihe taxi doesn't come
on time? 2 If I had been born a year earlier, I would
have done military service. 3 What would you do If
you were offered a better job? "If I am not home
by IIp.m. my dad will be reatly angry. 5 I wouldn't
have hired a car if I had known how expensive it was
going to be. 6 If she works really hard between now
~ nd the exams, she will probably pass. 7 We would
have gone to the cinema if we had been able to find
babysitter. 8 If I were you, t would go on a long
~
.-
holiday.
Answers: 1 You didn't have to wait for me. 2 I am
supposed to take some 10. 3 I didn't need to get up
early this morning. 4 We've got to be In our seats
., the theatre by 7.30pm. 5 You shouldn't have
forgo tten Janine's birthday. 6 Did you have to do
military service when you were eighteen?
AMwers:
8 such
..
-
t
it
2 so
3 just
'+ vital 7 does
Altswers: 1 work 2 elbow 3 dream 4 stretch
5 intense 6 heightened 7 shoulders
8 achievement
CEF 82 descriptor: Can express news and views effectively
in writing, and relate to those of others. (CEF page 83)
1f.2 Can do: explain how to do something
CEF 82 descri ptor: Can unde rsta nd and exchange complex
information and advice on the full fange of matters related
to his/her occupational role. (CEF page 81)
4.3 Can do: compare and contrast photographs
CEF 82 descriptor: Ca n give clear, systematically
developed descriptions and presentations, with
appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant
supporting detail. (CEF page 58)
CEF quick brief
Chapters four and five of the Common Eu ropea n
Framework set out 'reference levels' as a way to descri be
someone's ability In language. There are six basic
reference levels: AI, A2, Bt , B2, Cl, C2 which are designed
to describe ability in any language, not just English, and
are mostly written in the form of 'Can do' statements.
Teachers, syllabus designers, writers, etc. can write and
add their own statements according to the needs of thei r
users.
Portfolio task
Download the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longmon.com.1otolenglish.
Objective: to introduce students to the Biography section
of Portfolio.
This t ask can be done in 5s' I t.
The second section of the Po rtfol io is t he ' Biography' .
The Biography is for the stude nts to keep a more detailed
and personal record of their language learning history,
objectives and progress so that they ca n refl ect on
successful as well as unsuccessful language learning
experie nces and hence further develop thei r language
learn ing skills.
1.. Explain the purpose of the Biography section of the
Portfolio and its benefits.
1 .. Ask Ss to think about their language learning
objectives and to make a list of these. Give examples of
your own objectives in a diffe rent language to add clarity.
2" Ask Ss t o write details of t heir En glish language
learn ing history b2 yea rs at schOOl, etc.) and encourage
Ss to reflect critically on what has been successful and
what hasn't been successful fo r them.
3"
Ask Ss compare their notes with a partne r before
com pleting the relevant sections oftheir Biography.
Overview
Lead-in
Yoabutary: memory
OPTIONAL WARMER
GraMIIIII'; used to/get used to/would
Write on the board : 1940S, 1950s, 196os, 1970S, 1980s,
1990S. In pairs, Ss brainstorm events, famous people,
styles of hair/ clothes, music, memories associated
with each decade (e.g. 1960s - The Beatles),
YocUuI.ry: appearance
Can do: describe appearance
G...........: expressing ability
C.n dot talk about memories
Gl'lmmar. although, but, howtvtr,
1" Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss the
questions in pairs, Get whole class feedback.
ntwlfhfless
Answn: Main photo: 1960s - style of clothes. glasses.,
YoCIbutlry: teeUnlS
Cln do: talk about books
haircuts. that they are skelng on the ground, probabty
at a musk festival. Photo 1: 19405 - b/w photo. style
of clothes., fully c1oth~ on beach. donkey riding on
beach. Photo 2: 19505 - style of dfcor/fumlturel
clothes/ TV. Photo 3:19Bos - hairstyle, dfcor.
Idioms describing people
Time capsule
b"
Get Ss to match the sentences with the photos, After
briefly checking in pairs, get whole class feedback,
Summary
lesson 1: Ss read an article about a man who has been
living at the international airport In Paris since 1988. Ss also
describe people's appearance, and write an email describing
someone they met.
Lesson 2: Ss lislen to people talking about photographs and
their memories, and then talk about their own photos and
memories from their childhood.
lesson 3: Ss read an extract from the novel The Memory 80)(
by Margaret Forster, discussing their reactions to the book
and how they feel about memory boxes.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on idioms describing people.
(ommunlcation: 5s listen to people talking and giving
advice about making a time capsule. Ss then discuss their
own time capsules, choosing five things to put in.
Answers: 1 photo two 2 photo one 3 photo
three ,. main photo 5 photo two 6 photo one
2a" Get Ss to work in pairs and to decide if the words
in bold in E.... Ib are verbs, adjectives or nouns and to
e...plain the meanings to each other. Remind them to look
at the conte...t and give them dictionaries. Get feedback.
AMwIt1: nostolgk: adj. - feel sUShlly sad when you
remember happy events ,""mHr: verb -10 have In
your memory people, places and events ~m/nd: verb
- to make someone remember somethlnllhey must
do memory: noun - the ability 10 remember thlnss..
places, experiences. memorable: adi.- very good
and likely to be remembeR!([ {o~tful: adj.- often
forgetting things ~mlnlsce: verb -10 talk or think
about pleasant events in your past
Film bank: Home Road Movie (.4'11")
A short computer·anlmated film about a father who
desperately wanted the family car to make him a
better parent.
Made by Robert Bradbrook in 2001, it won some of
the most prestigious awards for animation. Bradbrook
says the film is 'a true story of my father and our
family car'. He reflects on how his dad took them
on motoring holidays of a lifetime and how In later
years the holidays seemed less perfect and the car
gradually became a painful vehicle of his affection.
Their dad's struggle to be a loving parent had turned
into a battle against rust.
Possible places to use this short film are;
~ After Lesson 1 to give further practice of used to/get
used to/ would,
~
After Lesson 2 to extend the topic of memories.
~
At the end of the unit to round up the topic and language.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 156 and Teacher's Book page 182,
b .. Get Ss to work in pairs and decide how to pronounce
the words including where the main stress is. Give Ss
dictionaries if necessary, 00 not get class feedback yet.
0"
Play recording 5,1 and get Ss to check their ideas
about pronunciation. Get whole class feedback and get
5s to repea t the words with correct pronunciation.
AnIwefs: no'stalgk re'rnember souve'nlr re'rnind
'memory 'memorable for'getful reml'nlsce
d.. Get Ss to write sentences that are true for them
using the words in bold in Ex, 2, Ss compare sentences.
3 ~ Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs. Get class
feedback by asking Ss to report what their partner said.
EXTEND THE LEAD·IN
Get Ss to discuss the following: Q: What do you / your
plrents/ gt1Indplrents reminisce about? Q: Which
decade do you think was the most Interesting? Why?
11.1 A lost past
The Terminal (2004) was directed by Steven Spielberg and
stars Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta·Jones. It tells the story of
an Iranian-born man who flies 10 JFK airport in New York only
10 find he cannot enter the USA but cannot fly home either,
due 10 the outbreak of war. This bureaucratic nightmare
means thai he ends up totally stranded, living in the airport
for over sixteen years.
3'" Read the sentences th rough with the class. Tell 5s
to read the text agai n and decide where the sentences
belong. Remind them to look at the sentences before and
after the gaps to help them. Ss should check in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
AnIwers: A7
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss thinking about the topic of waiting (e.g. at
airports, train stations) by asking them to discuss
these questions. You could tell Ss about your own
experience to get them going.
Q: What do you like doing when you are waiting for a
plane or a train?
Q: What is the longest you have ever had to walt for
a plane or train? Why did you have to walt so long?
What did you do?
Q: What other situations have you been In when you
have had to walt a longtime? What happened?
Q: Would you describe yourself as a patient person?
Why/ Why not?
E 6 F4
G3
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
If your Ss have access to the Internet, you could get
them to do some further research on the life of 'Sir
Alfred' and find out if his situation has changed now.
They could then write one or two paragraphs about
him and report back to the class.
neither allowed to enter, nor was he allowed to leave. So,
In this lesson, Ss read an article about 'Sir Alfred' and his life,
his 'lost past' and his hopes for Ihe future. They then focus
on the grammar of used to, get used to and would, talking
about their own pasts. Ss also describe people's appearance,
including writing an email describing someone they met.
01
4'" Get Ss to discuss the questio ns in pai rs or small
groups. Then get whole class feedback.
The whole plot sounds like a fan tasy, but the film is based
on the true story of Merhan Karimi Nasser; (originally from
Tehran) who calls himself 'Sir Alfred', In 1988, he flew in to
Terminal One at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in
Paris. But because of a lack of official documents, he was
since then his home has been a bench in a shopping mall of
Terminal One. For more information about 'Sir Alfred' go to;
hnp:// en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Merhan_Karimi_Nasseri and for
more information about The Terminal go to:
www.thetermina l·themovie.com
B5 (2
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD·IN
Write these sentences on the board and ask Ss to
work in pairs and decide what each one means.
You could get brief whole class feedback but do not
accept or reject their ideas at this stage.
He used to sleep on 0 bench.
He is getting used to steeping on 0 bench.
He is used to sleeping on 0 bench.
He would sleep on 0 bench.
5a" Get Ss to match examples 1- 4 In the Active
gramma r box to the meanings A-D. After briefly checking
in pairs. get whole class feedback.
(
Active grammar
1D 2B 3A 4C
)
b ... Get 5s to decide which of the four sentences is true
for Alfred (in the text). Get whole class feed back.
Reading
1'" Focus Ss on the photos and get Ss to discuss the
Active grammar
question in pairs. Get whole class feedback but do not
accept or reject any of their ideas at this stage.
3 is true for Alfred.
2'" Read through the questions with the class. Get Ss
to read the text and answer the questions. After checkin g
answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 Alfred is actualty Merhan Karimi
Nassen. 2 He is self-suffklent. He never sleeps
during the day, He keeps himsetf very clean and well
groomed. He always eats a McDonald's egg and bacon
croissant for breakfast and a McDonald's fish sandwich
for dinner. 3 Alfred hopes that DreamWortts and
Steven Spielberg will come and rescue him. 4 The
journalist is partly impressed by Alfred and partty feels
sorry for him.
6a .. Get Ss to choose the correct alternative for each
se ntence. Ss should check in pai rs but do not get whole
class feedback at this stage,
~ 1
didn't use 2 worttlng 3 I'm used to
"would 5 used to 6 get
7" Get Ss to work in pairs and explain to each other
what each correct sentence In Ex. 6 means in their own
words.
8" Tell Ss that there is one word missing from each of
the sentenceS. Get them to decide what the word is and
add it in the correct place. After checking in pairs, get
whole class feedback.
..
""I used to play a lot of volleyball when I was at
sc.hool 2 I can' ~ u~ to my new boss. She's not
very friendly. 3 Dkt you use to be so dose to your
brother when you were children? "On Christmas
he we would always SO to church. 5 We are slowly
ptUnl used to IlvInSln the country but sometimes It
feets a bit isolated. 6 We didn't use to be vegetarian.
It's anty somethins we'Ve started doing In the last
couple of months.
I
Person to person
9 II> Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back on one of the questions they discussed.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to do some further work on used to/
get used tolwoo/d.
Get Ss 10 choose a famous person they afe interested
in who is now past his/ her 'heyday' and does different
things from before. (They could choose one of these
11" Get Ss to work in pairs and correct the mistake in
each sentence. You might want to do the first one as an
example so they get the idea of the type of mistake. Get
whole dass feedback.
""-
He's got short, black hair and a small
moustache. z 5he's lost a lot of weight recently.
She's quite. s1dnny now. 3 I like having a
few .. wrinkles. I think it gives your face more
ch.racter. • She's got spiky, blond hair and strlkinl
blue eyes. You can't miss her. S Simon's changed In
the last few yelrs. He's goinll bit ....d now. 6 She's
• terribly elepnt and onty weirs the best designer
outfits. 7 His hair used to be wry curty when he was
I baby. 8 He always looks binned .nd he.lthy. I
think he spends a lot of lime in the caribbean.
I
12" Read the example through with the dass. Then
get Ss to work in small groups. They should take turns
to choose one of the categories and describe a famous
person. The other Ss should try to guess the person as
quickly as possible.
people: Madonna, Nelson Mandela. Mick Jagger,
Writing
Maradona or one of their own ideas.) If your Ss have
access to the Internet, you could get them to research
the person's life and report back to the class on how
life is different for them now.
13" Get 5s to look at the pictures, read the email and
decide which person is being described, underlining the
relevant parts of the email. 5s should briefly check in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Lifelong learning
.. Read through the questions In the box with the dass
and get 5s to discuss them In pairs or small groups,
making notes about any useful Ideas. Then ask Ss to
stand up and mingle and share their Ideas with other 5s.
Vocabulary
AMwIr: Third person down
14a .. Get Ss to work In pairs and describe the people
in the other pictures in as much detail as they can.
b" Tell Ss to Imagine that they have met one of the
people at a party (not the one described in the email).
Get them to write an email to a friend telling them what
he/ she looks like. Remind them to give as much detail as
possible.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get 5s to think back to 'Sir Alfred', who they read
about in Ex. 2, but not to look back at the text. Ask 5s
to work in pairs and write down as much as they can
remember about his physical appearance. Get whole
class feedback and write their ideas on the board.
10" Get 5s to work in pairs and 10 wrile the words /
phrases in the box in the appropriate columns in the table.
Give 5s dictionaries to help if necessary. You could also
encourage them to check pronunciation in the dictionary.
Get whole dass feedback.
An_
HAIR: straight, curly. wavy. dyed.solnla bit bald,
mousy. spiky
FACE: wrinkles, de,n·sh,wn, round
BUilD: muscul.r, stoc:ky.. bit OYtrwtlght. sUm, chubby
GENERAl: ,ood·looklns, scruffy, ele,.nt, tanned
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get 5s to write about their own appearance
and how it has changed. If possible, tell them to find
two photographs of themselves - one recent photo
and one from at least 10 years ago. Get them to write
a desoiption of what they used to look like in the
past, compared with what they look like now.
You may want to do an example using yourself to get
them gOing. You could show Ss two photographs of
yourself (one present and one past) and elicit two
descriptions.
&.2 LaaiIng memories
~
most people, old photographs often evoke strong
'TIOries. In this lesson, Ss listen to iii man called Simon
'ns about two photographs from his childhood. He
OfSCribes the photos. as well as talking about the memories
..:I feeUngs they trigger for him.
Ss also focus on the grammar of expressing ability (past.
~nt. future and in general) and then get a chance to
about some photos. including their own, if they want.
~ describe the photos and discuss memories from their
C" idhood, Including things they could/ could 1'101 do. Ss also
about things they can /can'l do and things they would like
be able to do in the future .
may want to get Ss to bring In their own photos In
eparation for the speaking in Ex. S.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce the topic of photographs by asking Ss some
or all of the following questions.
Q: How often do you take photogrlphs?
Q: What do you gene~lIy t.ke photographs of and
why?
Q: How good are you at organiSing the photos th.t
you want to keep? What do you do with them (e.g.
put them In .Ibums. frame them, keep them in •
disorganised pile)?
Q: Haw you got any/ many photographs from when
you were a child?
Listening
1" Focus 5s on the photograph and work in pairs. Tell
Ss to read through the sentences, to decide which of them
Kcurately describe the photo and to change the othe rs to
Nke them true. Get whole class feedback.
.u.-.s:
1 True :2 Not tNf. The woman Is looking
.aued and happy. ] Not true. The cat is to the side
. . behind the child. 4 Not true. The woman Is
wurt", casual sandals and a noral dress. 5 True 6
True 7 True 8 Not true. She's probably in her]os or
.... 9 Not true
2" Tell 5s that they are going to listen to a man
called Simon talking about this photo (which is from his
childhood) to his friend Camilla. Play recording 5.2 and
tel Ss to answer the questions. After briefly checking in
pairs, get whole class feedback.
AnswIn: t How much of the house dkt they
tent? 2 Why did his motller employ Muriel? ] How
tons did Muriel stay and look after Simon? ,. What
was Muriel like? 5 How old was he when he could say
his first few words? 6 How old was he when he could
play slmp.le tunes on the plano reasonably well?
4&" Get 5s to look at the tape script on page 169. Tell
them to work in pairs and to discuss what they think the
words/ phrases might mean. Remind them to look at the
context to help try to work it out. Get whole class feedback.
Answers: t rambtins: havlnlan Ineaular shape and
cowrinS a large area :2 pretty much to ourselvH:
almost nobody else: used It (the larden) ] haven't
chanpd a bit: am no different /I mess around :
behaw in a silly way when you should be paying
aUenUon or doing somethlnl sensible 5 a model
child: • child who Is considered to be good because
they do everything tMy should 6 reasonably
well: quite well 7 apparently: you haw heard
somethlnl is true but you are not completely sure
about It 8 Shame really: you ate disappointed about
sornethinll.e. tt's a pity.
b .. Get 5s to describe something in their past (e.g. a
friendship, their Childhood) to a partner, using three of the
words/ phrases from Ex. 4a.
Speaking
Ii II> Get Ss to work in pairs and choose to talk about one
of the photos on the page or one of their own favourite
photos (which they could bring in to show to other 5s or
which they could just refer to and describe). Get 5s to
prepare what to say, includ ing details of where it is, who
the people are, why it is a favourite and how it makes
them feel. Explain that they can make up these details if
they are talking about one of the photos on the page .
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to write one or two paragraphs about
the photograph they talked about.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Ask S5 10 discuss this question in pairs:
Q: Whit different wlys of expressing .bllity do you
• • •S$: 1
The woman is the child's nanny.
2
He
uys he was a mocI@I child.
3" Read through the answers with the class. Play
recording 5.2 again and get 5s to write questions that are
appropriate for the answers. Ss should check in pairs.
Then get whole class feedba ck.
know?
You might want to start them off by giving can and
could as two ways (e.g. He can speak Chinese. I could
play the piano when I was four.)
6a" Gel 5s to complete each of the example sentences
1-6 and ru les A-O in the Active grammar box using can,
could, able, monoge(d) or succeed(ed). After checking
answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
able 2 could 3 manage
5 Can 6 succeeded
1
4 able
A Use can to talk about present or 'general' ability.
B Use will be able to talk about future ability.
C Use could or was/were able to talk about past or
'general' ability.
D Use was/were able, manage to or succeed in to
talk about ability on a particular occasion.
b~
Tell 5s that there other ways of expressing ability.
Get them to work in pairs and decide which of the
sentences mean approximately the same. If they need
more help, tell them that there are four pairs which mean
approximately the same and one 'odd one out'. Get whole
class feedback.
Person to person
1 0 ~ Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Then get whole elass feedback.
OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE
7 ~ Tell 5s to find the mistake in each sentence and
correct it. After checking their answers in pairs, get whole
class feedback.
Get Ss to stand up and mingle and ask and answer
the questions with as many different Ss as they
can. Encourage them to think hard about question
5 and come up with something, however seemingly
insignificant (e.g. I can wiggle my ears and nobody
else can. I can count from one to ten in Chinese.)
Listening
11 ~ Remind 5s about Simon and the first photo he
talked about in Ex. 1. Read through the list of differences
with the class. Play recording 5.4 and get Ss to say which
of the differences with the first photo he refers to. Ss
should briefly check answers in pairs before getting whole
class feedback.
8 ~ Get 5s to work in pairs and complete the sentences
using the words in brackets in the correct form and one of
the verbs from the box. Get whole class feedback.
12 ~ Play recording 5.4 again and then get 5s to read
the summary and find three mistakes. Ss should check
their answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
13 ~ Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get brief whole class feedback by asking two
or three Ss to report back on one interesting thing they
talked about.
9 ~ Tell 5s that they are going to listen to Camilla (from
the previous listening) talking about herself and her
brother. Play recording 5.3 and get 5s to write notes about
things Camilla and her brother were able to do as children
and more recently. 5s should check their answers in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
II
15.3 Memory box
me Memory Box by Margaret Forster (published in 2000) is
a novel about a young woman who leaves a sealed memory
00.l for her baby daughter before she dies. Years later, as
a young woman herself. Catherine finds her mother's box
'ull of strange, unexplained objects, carefully wrapped and
!RImbered, like clues to a puzzle. Finding out what the objects
'1!presenl is her only chance to find out about the mother she
'lever knew. As she tries to solve the mystery of the box of
SK/'ets. she discovers that her mother was far more (omplex,
s•.lfprising and dangerous than anyone had ever said. As the
story of her mother's past unfolds, Catherine also discovers
-Mxpected truths about herself. Margaret Forster has written
• number of other popular novels inctuding Hidden Lives,
Precious Lives and Shadow Baby. For more information go to :
www.amazon.co.uk
this lesson. Ss read an extract from the novel The Memory
&:uI: by Margaret Forster, discussing their reactions to the
:JOCk and how they might feel about making or being given a
'ntmory box. Ss then focus on the grammar of although, but.
"JOWt'ver and nevertheless and talk about a book (or film).
~ribing the plot as well as things they liked and didn't like
aut it.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce Ss to the topic of feelings.
Either, bring some pictures of people with different
feelings, or show a feeling on your face and get Ss
to guess what the feeling is (e.g. bored, angry). Then
get Ss to work in pairs and to brainstorm as many
adjectives to describe different feelings as they
can. Write the words on the board, checking that Ss
understand all the words.
Vocabulary
!bem to discuss in pairs how she might be feeling. Get
brief whole class fee dback encouraging Ss to explain
~aso n s for thei r decisions but do not say anything about
the book at this stage.
b'"
Read the words in the box-through with the class but
., not expla in the meanings at this stage. Play recording
~S and get Ss to match one of the words in the box with
uch person they hear. Get them to check answers in
pairs. The n get whole class feedback checki ng that Ss
.xIerstand the meanings of all the words.
optimistic 2 uninterested 3 confused
.. Jelie¥ed 5 uneasy 6 curious 7 sceptical
• excited 9 annoyed 10 suspicious 11 shocked
1
2 ... Get Ss to work in pairs and complete the se ntences
with the most approp riate word from Ex.
class feed back.
3'" Tell Ss to choose six of the feelings from Ex. 1 and to
try to remember the last time they felt each of the feelings.
Get Ss to work in pairs and to explain to their partner why
they felt like that, giving details. You could get whole class
feedback, by aski ng two or three Ss to report back to the
class on one of the feelings they described.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could add a further vocabulary extension activity
here. Write the following adjectives on the board
and get Ss to work In pairs to match each one with a
similar meaning in Ex. lb. Give them dictionaries to
help and encourage them to check the pronunciation
as well as the meaning. Remind them that the pairs of
adjectives will have similar, but not exactly the same,
meanings (e.g. suspicious - distrustful).
-op,;;ehenslve ostonished comforted distrustful
doubtful hopeful indifferent inquisitive irritated
puzzled thrilled
Answers: confused - puzzled; suspicious
- distrustful; uneasy - apprehensive; curious
- inquisitive; annoyed -Irritated; excited - thrilled;
uninterested - indifferent; scepticol- dOUbtful;
optimistic - hopeful; shocked - ostonished; relieved
- comforted)
Reading
4a'" Focus Ss on the cover of the book The Memory Box
and get Ss to discuss in pairs what t hey think it might
be about. Get whole class feedback but do not accept or
reject any ideas at this stage.
b ... Get Ss to read the extract quickly and decide who
1&'" Focus Ss on the picture of the woman and ask
tIM.,rs:
AnswtrI: 1 relieved 2 excited 3 uneasy
• optimistic 5 annoyed 6 confused 7 sceptical
8 curious 9 uninterested 10 suspicious
11 shocked
1.
Get whole
Susannah. Charlotte and Catheri ne are. Encourage them
to read qu ickly ju st to answer this questio n and not to
focus on other details at this stage. Get Ss to check their
answers in pairs before getting whole class feedback.
AnIwIr'I: catherine Is the main character ('r In the
book). Susannah is catherine's real mother (who died wilen
catherine was a baby). Chartotte is catherine's stepmother
(who died reum:ty when catherine was grown·up).
5a'" Get Ss to read the extract again and answer the
questions. Ss should then check answers in pairs befo re
getting whole class feedback. Some of the answers
req uire a subjective response. so get Ss to explain thei r
ideas.
AnswtrI: t People often Idealise the dead i.e.
remember their good points and forget their faults.
2 She was sceptical - she didn't believe all the good
things that people said about her. 3 He possibly
~t uneasy about what It might contain and the effect
it misht have on Catherine. • (various answers
possible) 5 (various answers possible) 6 curious.
nervous. excited
b .. Get 5s to work in pairs and find examples in the
text of five of the feelings referred to in Ex. t . Get them to
explain who has the feelings and what causes them. Get
whole class feedback.
S" Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and discuss
the questions. Get whole class feedback.
Grammar
b .. Get 5s to rewrite their sentences using a different
expression of contrast each time. After checking in pairs,
get whole class fee dback.
,Speaking
lOa" Get 5s to think about a book or film that they have
read / seen recently that they can remember quite well. You
might want to get 5s to tell each other about the book/film
briefly.
b..
Write the following words/phrases on the board. Get
Ss to divide them into two groups and to justify their
groupings. Get whole class feedback.
Read through the notes about The Memory Box with
the class. Then get 5s to make some notes about their book/
film using the three things in the list. Remind them just to
write notes using The Memory Box notes as an example.
and but although besides furthermore
C" Play recording 5.6 and get 5s to say if the person is
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
however in addition nevertheless
(Answers:
To express contrast: although, but, however,
nevertheless
To express addition: and, furthermore, besides, in
oddition)
generally positive or negative about The Memory Box. 5s
should check answers briefly in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
~
- . Genemly pos~1w
d .. Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and to tell each
7" Get 5s to look at the pairs of sentences in the Active
grammar box and decide which one is correct, which is not
and why. After checki ng answers in pairs, get whole class
feedback.
other about the book/ film they chose. Remind them to talk
about the plot, things they liked and any criticisms, using their
notes if necessary. They should also use the expressions from
Ex. 9 where appropriate. You could get whole class feedback
by asking two or three 5s to report back on one of the books/
films they heard about in their group.
Active grammar
(b) is correct. Although joins two clauses in one
sentence. It does not begin a new sentence.
1
2 (a) Is correct. We do not usually follow but with a
comma.
3 (b) is correct. However begins a new sentence
and comes before the clause which Introduces the
surprising or unexpected information.
4 (a) is correct. Nevertheless generally begins a new
sentence.
8" Get 5s to choose the correct alternative in each
sentence. 5s should check answers in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
~ t
but 2 Aithoulh 3 Nevertheless
"but 5 althoulh 6 However
9a"
Get 5s to complete the se ntences in a logical way
and the n compare them with a partner. Get whole class
feedback.
........ - . : , The food in the restaurant was
otremely aood. However. It was a lot more upens/ve
than they thoulht It would be, 2 lUke 'ane very much
but she can be very seiRsh. :3 I reaUse thai you haw
worked for this company for many years, NewrtheIas.
we have to make some cutbacks.
decided to buy
lhe house although aU our ITIends laid us we were mad.
"We
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to write a short review of the book
or film they talked about. Remind them to divide their
writing into four paragraphs: 1 the plot 2 things they
liked 3 any criticisms 4 overall opinion/conclusion.
Lifelong learning
.. Read through the lifelong learning box with the
class. Encourage 5s to go and choose a reader, either
by going to the school library, or if your 5s have access
to the Internet, you could get them 10 go to www.
penguinreaders.com.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
When they have chosen and read a book, they could
do a short presentation about it for the class (similar
to Ex. 10). 5s could recommend books to each other
and in this way you could start a ki nd of'book club' in
the class .
Vooabulary:
idIoms deaorlbiDg people
this lesson. Ss focus on Idioms describing people (e.g. a
mid (ish. 0 poin in the neck, Q high·flyer).
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these expressions on the board and lell Ss they
are atlldJoms for descrIbIng people.
1
He's Q bit o{ Q loner.
2 He's 0 real know·oll.
3 He's 0 hlgh·flyer,
4 He's Q poln in the neck.
S He's on owkward customer.
CommunicaUon:
TIme capaule
TIme capsules have become more popular in recent years as
a way of 'leaving your mark on the future'. People choose
items which somehow represent their lives or the world in the
present time. These are then put In a special sealed container
and buried for future generations to find. Time capsules
preserve relevant facts and features of history and can serve
as valuable reminders of one generation for another.
In this lesson. Ss listen to people talking about making a time
capsule and giving advice about how to do it and what to put
in. Ss then discuss their own time capsules, choosing five
things to put in.
Get 5s 10 work In pairs and to discuss what they think
tach expressIon means. Then get them to look at the
cartoon pictures in Ex. 1 and match each one to the
correct expression.
Picture A:q Picture 8:2 Picture (:5 Picture D:1
Picture E:3
1. Get Ss to match the underlined expressions 1-8
with the correct meanings a-h. If you did the optional
warmer, you might want to suggest that Ss do those they
discussed first. Ss should check answers in pa irs. Then
1ft whole class feedback.
[ a, ,,,,,I) ••)
,b)
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss to discuss these questions:
Q: Wh.t object h.ve you got th.t h.s sentiment.1
value?
Q: If there was a fire In your house and you could
only save one thing, what would It be and why?
Q: Which one object of yours would you like your
children or grandchildren to keep and why?
Q: In fifty years' time, what everyday objects do you
think will be completely different from now?
111> focus 5s on the photo and advert and get them to
discuss Ihe question in pairs. Get class feedback.
711)8.)
~:
211> Get 5s to complete the sentences. Tell 5s not to look
.t the expressions In Ex. 1 but 10 try to remember them.
5s need to write between one and four words in each gap.
After checking in pairs, get whole class feedback.
.... Lllfa:
,know·all 2 loner 3 hlgh-nver 1\ In
the nec.k 5 awkw.rd customer 6 In the right place
7 IS n.11s 8 fish
3&'" Get Ss to think about five people Ihey know who
they could describe with five of the expressions from Ex. 1.
Ss should not leU each other which expressions they have
chosen at this stage. They cOlHd make notes about how
they know the people and what they are like.
bll> Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups. Ask them
to describe each of their people to the other 5s. They
should say how they know the person and what he/she
is Uke, but they should not say the expression. The other
Ss should try to decide which expression from Ex. 1 is
appropriate for each person. You could get whole class
feedback by asking two or three 5s to describe one of
their people to the class.
4 II> Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and discuss
the questions. Then get whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to work In pairs or small groups and
to add two or three more Idioms for describing people
that they know. Then get whole class feedback,
making sure that Ss understand all the expressions.
They are punlng a time capsule in the ground
to help future people know about us. (ThIs photo
shows two TV presenters from the children's programme
81~ Peter, burying a time capsule In 1998 under the
Millennium Dome In London. It cont.lns poems, stories
and pictures done by children providing a snapshot or
their lives as they entered the new millennium .
2 II> Tett Ss they are going to listen to someone talkin g
about what she put in a time capsule in 1977. Play
recording 5.7 and get 5s to make a note of five gene ral
pieces or advice she gives 10 people who want to prepare
a time capsule, After checking in pairs, get class feedba ck.
....rs:
1 Choose the material your time capsule Is
made of carefulty e_l . aluminium or stalntess steet. so
that It will Last • long time. 2 Make sure that books
and papers .re printed on the hiShest quaHty paper so
they don' det«kNate any l'ascer th.n necessal')L 3 Use
black and white photographs rather than cc»our as they
are more stable and last longer. 1\ Oon't use techno'olY
which will become redundant Bener to use things thai
only ~ eyes or hands. 5 Label the oulskie or the
time capsule clearly with a permanent marker pen.
3all> Get Ss to work in groups and choose five things to
put in a time capsule. Encourage Ss to look at the pictures
and Ihe exa mples and to use their own ideas. Remind
them to justify their choices bV giving reasons.
b II> Get each group to explain Iheir choices to the other
5s. Get whole class feedback by asking which group had
the best time capsule and why.
1~
Answers: 2 used to be 3 get used to not
understanding 4 used to finish 5 get used to
having
2~
Answers: 1 The party in the flat upstairs was very
noisy. However, I managed to get a few hours'
sleep. 2 I would say that Charlotte is my best friend
although I've only known her for a few months. 3 I
wanted to have a party this weekend but my parents
weren't happy about the idea. 4 He is very
unreliable. Nevertheless, she seems to be in love with
him. 5 Sandra is a very good student. However,
she will need to work a bit harder if she wants to
pass her exams. 6 Although I had all the necessary
qualifications, I didn't get the job. 7 I enjoyed the film
but some of the acting was awful.
3~
Answers: 1 Do you think you will be able to finish the
presentation by Friday? 2 They finally managed to
get the car out of the mud. 3 I could draw quite well
as a child. 4 He wasn't able to persuade the other
employees to go on strike. 5 She didn't know how to
make his camera work. 6 Did you manage to speak
to Brian before he went home?
Answers: 1 relieved 2 clean-shaven 3 a bit of a
loner 4 muscular 5 pain in the neck 6 confused
CEF References
5.1 Can do: describe appearance
CEF 82 descriptor: Can give clear, detailed descriptions
and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to
his/her field of interest, expanding and supporting ideas
with subsidiary points and relevant examples.
(CEF page 58)
5.2 Can do: talk about memories
CEF B2 descriptor: Can convey degrees of emotion
and highlight the personal significance of events and
experiences. (CEF flage 76)
5.3 Can do: talk about books
CEF 82 descriptor: Can give clear, detailed descriptions
on a wide range of subjects related to his/her field of
interest. (CEF page 59)
CEF quick brief
Though the reference levels in the Common European
Framework suggest that students progress 'vertically',
from B1 to B2, etc., the Framework itself says that
'learning a language is a matter of horizontal as well as
vertical progression'. This means that some learners might
like to move from B11evel in a business context to B2 level
in a tourist context. The CEF identifies four basic 'domains'
that help to understand this horizontal language
development: the public domain, the personal domain,
the educational domain and the occupational domain.
Portfolio task
Download the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longman.com/totalenglish.
Objective: to help 5s complete the 'important language
and cultural experiences' section of their Portfolio
Biography.
This task can be done in 5s' own language.
~ 5s can further improve their language learning skills
by reflecting on significant experiences that have helped
them to learn another language or about another culture.
1 ~ Refer 5s back to the section of their Passport where
they listed their language and cultural experiences.
2 ~ Ask 5s to choose the most important experiences
that have helped them learn a language or learn about a
culture. It can help to give examples of your own.
3 ~ Ask 5s to compare with each other and explain why
they were important.
•
Lead-in
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Write on the board : Methods of transport.
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OPTPONAL WARMER ,
Get Ss to work in pairs and write down as many
different methods of transport as they can In two
minutes including more unusual ones.
e.g. glider, rickshaw, camel.
Get whole class feedback, writing them on the board,
and making sure that Ss understand all the words.
'~WlIIIher
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t11.1d.~1S
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Summary
Lesson 1: Ss read an article about Charlotte Uhlenbroek,
who spent over four months living in the jungle and talk
~ut how they would feel about doing the same. Ss also
write an email describing an interesting experience.
Lesson 2: Ss listen to people talking about going to the
"'1!mote Himalayan country of Bhutan and then answer
.:toestions and discuss two other un usual holidays.
Lesson]: Ss read an article about emigration. They then
discuss their opinions about emigration and compare
cfifferent places and people.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on expre~sions with go.
Communication : Ss talk about types of holidays they like
~ do a quiz to find a good travelling companion.
Film bank: Bhutan (4'32")
An extract from a BBC documentary about Bhutan
from the series Himalayo with Michael Palin who is
well-known for his BBC travel programmes. The whole
series involved six months of hard travelling and took
Palin through India, Nepal, Tibet and Yunnan to China,
before recrossing the Himalayas to Bhutan.
Possible places to use this short film are:
... After lesson 2 to extend the topic of Bhutan.
... At the end of the unit to round up the topic and
language.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 157 and Teacher'S Book page 183.
1'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pai rs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback .
2'" Read through the questions with the class. Play
recording 6.1 and get Ss to answer the questions. Ss
check answers in pairs. Then get class feedback.
Answers: 1 She saw her friend's holiday
photos. 2 To learn Spanish and get used to being
away from home. J She found it hard because
she experienced culture shock. everything was very
different, lots of things went wrong and she was
homesick. 0\ She loved It.
3a'" Get Ss to read the sentences before they listen .
Play recording 6.2 and Ss complete the expressions. After
checking in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 Itchy 2 territory 3 independent
4 wandering S bug 6 culture
b ... Get Ss to work in pairs and check the meanings of
the expressions in Ex. 3a. Give them dictionaries to help.
Get whole class feedback .
Answers: 1 to have Itchy feet: to want to go
somewhere new or do something different 2 to go
into uncharted territory: to go to a place which is qu ite
unexplored. where there are few. if any, maps 3 to
go as an independent traveller: to travel on your
own not as part of an organised group or tour 4 to
wander around: to walk slowly around an area, usually
without clear direction or purpose 5 to be bitten by
the travel bug: to have a sudden strong urge to travel
more 6 to experience culture shock: to feel confused
or anxious when you visit a place that is very different
from the one you are used to
4'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback.
EXTEND THE LEAD-2N
In small groups 5s discuss the following, based on the
methods of transport from the optional warmer.
Q: Which of these methods of transport have you tried?
What was the situation? Old you enjoy It? Would you do
It again? Why/ Why not? Q: Which of these methods of
transport would you most/ least like to try? Why?
6.1 The Jungle bug
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Dr Charlotte Uhtenbroek was born in England but grew up
mostly in Ghana in Africa and Kathmandu in Nepal. After
doing a PhD in Zoology, she went to Tanzania to study
chimpanzees with the world-famous Jane Goodall. SincE!
then, she has been part of several programmes for the BBC,
including Cousins (about chimps), Tolking with Animals
(about animal communication) and Jungle in which she
explored the rainforests of South-East Asia, the Amazon and
Africa. For more information. go to; www.bbc.co.uk/nature/
programmes/who/ chartotte_uhlenbroek.shtml
4'" Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups. Encourage them to give reasons. Get whole class
feedback by asking a few 5s to report back to the class.
Gratnmar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write the following on the board : She's worked in the
jungle
month. She worked in the jungle lost year.)
Then, write the following on the board : She's worked
. She's been working
Ask Ss to choose which of these phrases best
completes Iheifl: in three different jungles/in the
jungle (or four months and to say why. (Answers:
She's worked in three different jungles./She's been
working in the jungle for (our months.)
OPTIONAL WARMER
You may not want to get whole class feedback on why
each sentence Is correct at this stage, but to wait until
Ss look at the Active grammar box.
Playa quick game of word association.
5 III> Get Ss to match the examples 1-4 with the correct
rules A-O in the Active grammar box. Ss should check
their answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
(
Active grammar
10
Reading
1... Focus 5s on the photos and tell them that the
woman in the picture is Charlotte Uhlenbroek and that she
spent over four months in the jungle. Get 5s to discuss the
questions in pairs. Get whole class feedback about their
ideas.
2'" Get Ss to read the text and answer the two questions
in Ex. 1 about Charlotte. Ss should check answers in pairs.
Then get whole class feedback.
AMlRrs: 1 thlnp she found dlfftcult: bel... bitten by
Insects 2 things she wanted to do: hive Ion& hot
showers. see her family and enjoy her favourite meal
3'" Tell 5s to read the text again and decide if the
statements are true, false or we don't know. Encourage
them to correct the false statements and give an
explanation for the ones we don't know. Get them to check
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 false (she fits In In both places) 2 false
(she was worried the ropes would break) ) false
(the sand nles were the Jtchlest) 4 don' know
(It mentions 'tears' but we don't know If she
cried) 5 don' know (they mlaht have done, but they
also wanted to film the leeches) 6 true 7 don't know
(there wasn't much water, but we don' know If It was
dirty or not) 8 don't know (she enjoys Ntins with her
family. but the text doesn' mention cooklna)
.
Ask Ss to choose which of these phrases best
completes them: lost year/since lost month and to say
why. (Answers: She's worked in the jungle since lost
In this lesson. Ss read an article about Charlotte Uhlenbroek
and her experiences exploring the jungles of the Congo, the
Amazon and Borneo when filming for the TV series}ungle.
Ss focus on the grammar of the Present Perfect Simple and
Continuous and talk about some of their experiences. They
fin ish by writing an email to a friend describing an interesting
experience.
Write the word jungle on the board. Get Ss to work
in pairs and to write down as many words / phrases
associated wilh the jungle as they can. You could
give them an example or two 10 get them going (e.g.
snakes, Amazon rainforest, sweat) . Get whole class
feedback, making sure that Ss understand all the
words/ phrases.
• She worked in the jungle
2 A 3 B 4 C
6_ Read through the rules in the Active gra mmar box
J
about just, yet and alreody with the class, Get 5s to
correct the mistake in each sentence. (Questions 1-6
relate to just/ already/ yet, question 7 relates to since / for
and question 8 relates to state verbs.) After checking in
pairs, get whole class feedback.
- - . : 11 .... to the Brazilian rainforest
In 200). 2 She's oIroody IIouchI her plane
lickets. ) I've visited friends In Italy three times
this year. 4 What ..... you been dolnlslnce 1last
spoke to you? 5 Have you seen that film, Scrhdra
yet? 6 He hall"" spok~ to the tour guide
oI>out n. 7
been leamlnl Spanish,., two
months. 8 Have you known elCh other lonl?
I'"
7_ Get Ss to complete the questions by using the
prompts in brackets. Remind them to use one of the four
verb tenses from the Active grammar box. 55 should check
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Ansars: 1 HIW you ' " ' belli to a Junste? 2 H...
decIcIH where to 10 for your next holiday?
)'011
) How 1on1 ..... )'011 ..... studylna Enpish? .. What
do you want to do today that you baveft"t done,..1
5 Where did you P for your last holiday? 6 How
much coffee ..... you had .(rudy today? 7 H. . you
' " ' hail a bad Insect bite? 8 Where ..... yau ......
lIvIna for the last year?
Person to Person
. . ... Get Ss to work in pairs and ask and answer the
.-stiens in Ex. 7.
It. Tell Ss to choose one of the questions they asked
ask their partner more details about it. You could get
e class feedback bV asking two or three Ss to report
~ to the class about their partner's answers.
_
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to write one or two paragraphs
.oout eit her their own experience or their partner's
experience that they discussed in detail in Ex. ab.
l1a ... Tell 5s to read each mini-dialogue (AlB) first and
then to complete it with the most appropriate adjective
from Ex. 10. 5s should check their answers in pairs, but do
not get whole class feedback at this stage.
b... Play recording 6.4 and get Ss to check their answers.
Then get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 petrined 2 daunting 3 worried
5 annoyed 6 dlspstlnl 7 faSCinating
8 challenging
It Insplrinl
12a. Get Ss to work in groups and to ask and answer
the Questions (A) in Ex. 11a with other 5s. Tell them to use
the adjectives in Ex. loa and to try to give true answers.
b ... Get whole class feedback by asking 5s to say who
Vocabulary
.... Get Ss to work in pairs. Tell them to fi nd the
has the most similar feelings to them. Encourage them to
give details.
..r,tctives In the text on page 76 and discuss what they
they mean. Discourage them from usi ng dictionaries
lit this exercise and remind them to use the context
-.nd the words to help work out the meaning, Get
class feedback. making sure that Ss understand all
8lewords.
1 fascinating - extremely interesting
- [rightenins in a way that makes you
confident 1 challenging - difficult In an
or enjoyable way It petrified - extremely
espe<.iaUy so that you cannot mcwe Of think
making you tHl slightly angry
- extremely unpleasant and maldng you
7
- gfving peopte a tHUng of
and
do something great
unhappy because you keep thinldng about
that something bad might happen
... Get 5s to look at the words in context agai n and
• choose the correct alternatives for the two rules. Get
class feedback.
Get 5s to write sentences using the adjectives from
IL ta. Ss should compare therr sentences in pairs. Then
. . whole class feedback.
Pronunciation
10. Play recording 6.3 and get Ss to mark the stress
. . each adjective. You might want to do the first one
_ . example. After checking in pairs, get whole class
flld:tack. Then get 5s to repeat the words.
1 fascinated. fascinating 2 ~ted.
1 challenpd, challenging "
5
~~7~'
6
8
OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE
If possible, you could get Ss to stand up and mingle
while they ask the Questions in Ex. 12a. Tell them to
ask as many Ss as possible and remind them to make
notes about the answers.
Writing
13'" Refer Ss to the Writing Bank on page 162. Read
through the four summary sentences with the class. Tell
them to read the email and to say which of the se ntences
best summarises the email. After briefly checking in pairs,
get whole class feed back.
Answer:
Sentence 2
... Read through the Useful Phrases box with the class .
Remind 5s that this language can be used but it is an
informal email to a friend so there are no fixed rules about
language to include .
14. Tell Ss that they are goi ng to write an email to a
friend about an experience they had . Get them to choose
one of the situations in Ex. 11a to write about and read
through the paragraph plan with the class. Tell them to
write an email using the paragraph plan, Maisie's email
and the language in the Useful Phrases box on page 162.
You could also encourage them to use some adjectives
from Ex. 10 as appropriate.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get 5s to read each other's emails and do
some peer correction. Get them to check:
• if the paragraphs are appropriately divided,
• if the language from the Userut Phrases box is
correct and appropriate,
• if any adjectives are correct and appropriate.
Encourage Ss to give each other constructive
feedback and then to rewrite their email incorporating
any comments. Then get them to reread each other's
new versions.
6 .2 A magical kingdom
Bhutan is a country of about 750,000 people in the eastern
Himalayas. between India and China. It is a very private country
where culture, tradition and nature are all flourishing. The
Bhutanese people believe that all forms of life, human and
non· human, are precious and sacred. People live in harmony
with each other and with nature, creating a clean country,
3" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
grou ps. if necessary, remind them what 'experience
culture shock' means. 00 brief whole class feedback.
Vocabulary
OPTIONAL WARMER
were fewer than 6000 tourists and this number is not expected
You could ask Ss to speculate about the weather in
Bhutan. Get them to look again at the photo and the
map and discuss their ideas. Do not accept or reject
any of their ideas at this stage but encourage them to
explain any reasons for their ideas.
to increase greatly. No independent travellers are permitted in
Bhutan; alllOurists must go on a pre· planned, prepaid, guided,
package tour.
You may wa nt to tell Ss that they will come back to
the topic of Bhutan (and its weather, amongst other
things) later in the unit.
with a huge variety of plant and animal life and virtually no
discrimination at aU. In order to safeguard this rich natural
environment and peaceful culture, Bhutan has adopted a
cautious and controlled approach to tourism. In 200). there
In this lesson, 5s read a short text about Bhutan and then
listen to people asking for more information about the culture,
the weather and what you can do there. 5s focus on the
grammar of direct and indirect questions, and then ask and
answer questions about other unusual holidays. They finish by
discussing which one they would like to go on and why.
4 " Read the two questions th rough with the class. Play
recording 6.S and tell Ss to decide which of the questions
each or the three people is talking about. After checking in
pairs, get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 A 2 B 3 A
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these words on the board: Africa, Colombia,
Europe, Austria, Asia, Australasia, New Zealand,
Tanzania, South America, Chino.
Ask 5s 10 work together and answer these questions:
Q: Divide them Into two groups: Continents and
Countries. Q: Which country Is In which contlnent7
Q: Add two more countries to each continent group.
Get whole class feedback. (Answers: Tanzania is in
Afrita ; Austria Is in Europe; China is in Aslai New
Zea land Is in Australasia; Colombia is in South Amerlta)
Reading
la .. Focus 5s on the photo and map of Bhutan and get
them to discuss the questions in pa irs. Get whole class
feedback but do not accept or reject any ideas yet.
b ..
Get 5s to read the text and check their ideas. 5s
check their answers in pairs. Then get class feedback.
Answers: 1 The environment Is very d ean, nature is
flourishing and there is peace amongst the people with
no discrimination. 2 Few tourists go because tourism
Is strictly controlled by the government In order to
preserve the peaceful, clean state of the country.
2.. Read through with the class the three thi ngs (a, b
and c) that the 5s have to summarise. Tell 5s to read the
text again and then work wilh a partner to summarise
each of the thin gs. Get whole class feed back by aski ng Ss
for their summaries.
II
PossIble .........1 a One of the main beliefs of the
Bhutanese people fs that you shouldn't harm any kind
of living thing, human or non-human. b The natural
environment In Bhutan Is Incredibly dean and contains
a huge variety of different animals and plants. c The
few tourists that Bhutan allows have to come on
organised trips, not as Independent travellers.
"---=----------'--'------'--_ _-.J
~a" Get Ss to work in pairs and look at the tapescript
on page 171. Tell them to write the underlined words in
the correct place in the table. Get whole class feedback
to confirm which column each wo rd goes in but do not
explain the meanings at this stage.
Answers: Oncludlng answers for sc)
Cold: cool (a), chilly (a), subzero temperatures (I+n)
Warm/Hot: mild (a), humid (a), humidity (n),
scorching (a)
lain: pours (v), showery (a), shower (n), drlzz~ (n+Y)
Windy: breeze(n), breezy (a)
Sky: clear (a), bright (a), OYelCast (a)
Weather In.....,.1: changeable Ca)
(a - adjective. n - noun, v - verb)
b .. Tell Ss to work together and explain the difference in
meaning between the words in each column in the ta ble.
Give the m dictionaries if necessary. Get class feedback.
AnIwtfs: cool - low in temperature but not COld, often
in a way that feels pleasant chilly . cotd enough to
make you feel uncomfortable subzero temperatures
- below zero or freezing mild - fairly warm humid
- if the weather Is humid, you feel uncomfortable
because the air is wet and It Is usually hot scolChln.
- extremely hot to pour - to rain very hard showery
- when tile weather has short periods of rain drizzle
- light rain breeze - pnUe wind clu, - no
clouds bright - sunny and Ught overcast - when
the sky Is dark with clouds changeable - when the
weather is likely to change, 01 changes often
C" Get 5s to work in pairs and decide if each word in the
table is a nou n, adjective or verb, and what other forms
there are. Get who le class feedback.
f :la sen:
Grammar
See sa above
• • Get Ss to match one of the words from Ex. S with
NCh of the sentences. Ss should check answers in pairs.
~n get whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD·IN
Ask Ss to think back to the listening in Ex. 8. Tell them
to work in pairs and try to remember as many of the
questions as they can that the Bhutan expert was asked.
, 11'.,
1 mild 2 pour 3 scorching -4 overcast
"showery 6 chilly 7 drizzle 8 subzero
_feliJfUtH
7.
9 chanpable
10
bright
Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups and discuss
-.e questions. Get whole class feedback by aski ng two or
~
Get whole class feedback and write on the board one
direct question and one indirect that 5s can remember.
Ask them what the difference Is between them.
Ss for their opinions.
Listening
11. Get 5s to work In pairs and comptete the questions
in the Active gramma r box. Then tell them 10 look at the
tapescript on page 171 and check their answers. Get whole
class feedba ck if necessary. Check that 5s understand
the difference between object and subject questions and
between direct and ind irect questions.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Active grammar
Get 5s to write a list of everything they can remember
about Bhutan and compare the list with other 5s. Get
whole class feedback and write the list on the board.
. . . Ask Ss to discuss the question in pairs. Get brief
e class feedback.
Tell Ss that the y are gOing to listen to a question
.:I answer session with an expert on Bhutan and some
MOPte who are considering a trip there. Read through the
in the box with the class. Play record ing 6.6 and
~ Ss to answer the question. Ss should check answers i n
.-s and then gel whole class feedback.
, .
t Wouldweneed ... ? 2 00YOU ... ? 3 ... doyou
recommend? 4 ... Is ... ? S ••• goes ... ? 6 ... they
are? 7 ... the food Is ..• ? 8 ... Ifthere are ... ?
9 ... whether we need ....
12a. Get Ss to correct the mistake in each question.
(They are all direct questions) . Ss should check answers in
pairs and then get whole class feedba ck.
Answers: 1 Where .... you living at the moment?
2 Hu he ever been trekking before? 3 Who pw
you those lovely flowers? -4 What time will you
be here tomorrow? s Are you having a holiday
soon? 6 When was this company started?
t the Ideal time of year to visit 2 what
there 3 what to take -4 organised
food 6
events/festivals
... Ask Ss to read through the notes quickly. Play
.aNtling 6.6 again and get Ss to complete the notes. Ss
dlleck their answers in pairs. Get class feedback.
b.
Tell 55 to change the direct questions in Ex. 12a into
indirect questions starting with the words given. Remind
them to think about word order. Get Ss to check their
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback .
Answers: 1 ... where you are living at the moment?
2 •.• if/whether he has ever been trekking before? 3 •..
who gave you those lovely flowers? 4 _. what time you
will be here tomorrow? s _.If/whether you will be having
a holiday soon? 6 ... when this company was started.
it's cold and snow makes travelling difficult
3 plants 0\ walking
S sunglasses 6 food 7 camping equipment
dIWJ 9 offer thanks to their gods
1
Irs very hot and often wet
Speaking
10.
Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
.-ups. Get whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get Ss to write a paragraph about the
~tival or celebration that they talked about in Ex. 10.
If they are interested in the topic. they could do
a longer piece of writin g and perhaps bring some
photos to illustrate it. They could then do a short
presentation to the class.
13a ... Oivide Ss into groups (A and 8) and tell them
that they are going to find out about two other types of
holiday. Get Student As to write questions about camel
trips in Egypt and Student Bs to write about bird watching
in Mexico. Tell them to look at the list of ideas to help and
encourage them to use indirect as well as direct questions.
b...
Tell Ss that they are going to prepare answers to their
partners questions. Get Student As to read the text about
bird watching in Mexico on page 150 and prepare answers.
Get Student 8s to read the text about camel trips in Egypt
on page 145 and prepare answers.
c.
Get Ss to work in pairs (one A and one 8) and to take
turns to ask and answer questions.
14'" Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups and discuss
the questions. Encourage them to give reasons to justify
their opinions. Get brief whole class feedback,
6.3 On the move
Emigration is certainly not only a modern phenomenon. Over
the last few centuries, many thousands of people from many
different countries have gone to find a better life abroad.
Emigration by British people to North America started as long
ago as 1585 and the first successful settlement there was in
Jamestown in 1607. Since then, British people have principally
emigrated to places such as the USA, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand and more recently to Spain. Their reasons are
many and varied: some were sent to work, some were sent as
convicts (mainly to Australia), some were escaping hardship,
famine and persecution and some were just seeking a beller
life. The trend 10 move abroad continues loday, with over
400,000
people from Britain alone leaving every year.
In this lesson, Ss read an article about emigration, including
facts about what kinds of people emigrate and their reasons.
They then discuss their reactions to the text and their
opinions about emigration. Ss focus on the grammar of
making comparisons, including comparatives and superlatives
of both adjectives and adverbs. They then make comparisons
about different places and people.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the word emigrate on the board and check Ss
understand what it means (to leave your country and
go to 1iV1! in another one).
Get Ss to work in pairs and write a lisl of alilhe words
you can make using Ihe letters of the word emigrate.
Teilihem Ihal each word must contain at least Iwo
letters and must not be a name. Give them a time limit
of two minutes.
Ask how many words each pair wrote down. Get whole
class feedback and write the words on the board.
(Some possible words: ate, gate, mote, grate, eat,
meat, great, rim, time, grime, rot, rate, mot, rig, gem,
rom, gram, teo, team, tor.)
Vocabulary
1 ~ Get Ss to work in pairs. Tell them to match the
underlined verb phrases with the correct definitions a-h.
Give them dictionaries to help if necessary. Get whole
class feedback.
Answers:1C 2a
3b 48 Sd 6f 7h 8e
2
~ Get Ss to complete the questions with the correct
form of a phrase from Ex. 1. 5s should check their answers
in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 leave home :2 see you off 3 set off
S emigrated 6 moved hoose 7 are you
off 8 roamed around
b ~ Then get Ss to work with their partner and to ask and
answer the questions. Get whole class feedback and see
how many of their predictions each pair got right.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could do some further work on vocabulary here,
especially to extend Ss knowledge of phrasal verbs.
Divide the class into group A and group B. Group A
should look aillst A and Group B should look at list B.
A: put someone up; set something oside
B: put someone off;
set something up
Get Ss to learn the meaning of the phrasal verbs in
their list. making sure that they write an example
sentence for each one. You could give out dictionaries
for this.
Reorganise th~ 5s into pairs (one A and one B).
Get them to teach each other their phrasal verbs.
Encourage them to write their own example sentences
for the verbs they learn from their partner.
Reading
4a~
Read the statements (A-C) through with the class.
Get them to discuss in pairs if they think the statements
are true or false. Get brief whole class feedback but do not
accept or reject any of the ideas at this stage.
b ~ Get Ss to read the text quickly and check their
answers. Encourage them to correct the ones that are
false. Remind them to read only to check their answers
and not to worry about other details at this stage.
After briefly checking answers in pairs, get whole class
feedback.
AnIwMs: 1 false (OYer 400,000 British people
emigrate every year) :2 true 3 false (after thrH
years)
15 ~ Read through the summary sentences with the class.
Tell Ss to read the text again and to match each paragraph
with the most appropriate summary A-G. Tell them that
three of the summary sentences cannot be used. Get
Ss to check their answers in pairs. Then get whole class
feedback.
Answers: 1 D 2 G 3 A '" ( (not used: B. E and F)
6" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Encourage Ss to give as much detail as they can
and to ask further questions 10 keep the discussion going.
Get whole class feedback by asking each group to report
on one interesting aspect of their discussion.
4 abroad
3a~ Tell 5s to look again at the questions In EX.:2 and
to make a note about what they think their partner's
answers will be.
PossIble..,...,.: 1 independent. determined, brave,
sodable. lood at fitting in. pod .t IInguages. flexible
in terms or wort
r
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could do some further intensive work on vocabulary
from the text here.
Write the following words/ phrases on the board :
prestigious (para. 2); funding (para. 2); recognition (para.
2): appealing (para. 3); fed upo{(para. 3); romanticise
about (para. 4); take {or granted (para. 4)
Ask S5 to find them in the text. Gel Ss to work in pairs
M\d answer these questions for each word/ phrase. You
(ould give them dictionaries to help if necessary. but also
encourage them to use the context of the text to help.
1 What
part of speech is it (noun, adjective or verb)?
8 ~ Tell Ss to complete the second sentence so that It
means the same as the first. Get Ss to read the example
and remind them to use between two and four words
(including the word in bold). Ss should check their
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
My $lster learns foreign languages much
2 I'd prefer to Uve somewhere
that
u wet: u this. 3 Ten years ago I was
.UIhdy leu.dftnlurous than I am now. "My Ufe
abroad is much IImpl., than it was at home. 5 I
think I should've planned my time on holiday IlION
carefully. 6 My lifestyle here In Canada is •• pod u
It was In England.
Answers:
1
moN HIlly than me.
lin,
2 What does it mean?
) How do you pronounce it?
.. can you make a sentence using it that is relevant to you?
You could also ask Ss to find one or two more words/
phrases which they would like to remember and answer
the questions about them 100.
,
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You mIght want to do some work on writing
summaries as an extension to the reading.
Tell them to write the four or five ma in points from
the text in note form. They should then compare
meir Ideas with a partner. Next tell them to write a
paragraph including only these points. Again. get Ss
to compare their summaries with a partner.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write these adjectives and adverbs on the board :
cheap. fast, hot. nice, popular, careful/y, sunny; well.
badly
Get 5s to work in pairs and to write the comparative
and superlative forms for each one. Get whole class
fftdback.
(Answers:
cheaper/ the cheapest; foster/the fastest; hotter/the
hottest; nicer/the nicest; mor~ popular/ the most
popular; more carefully/the most carefully; sunnier/
the sunniest; better/the best; worse/the waISt)
Person to person
9a~ Tell Ss to write six sentences about themselves
using comparatives and superlatives. They should write
four true sentences and two false sentences. Encourage
them to use different forms. including (not) as ... as and
modifiers where appropriate. Remind them to use the
sentences in Ex. 6 to help with ideas.
b ~ Get Ss to say their sentences to a partner and tell
them to try to guess which sentences are true and which
are false.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You might want to extend the topic of livi ng in another
place and/ or doing something different and to provide
extra practice of comparatives and superlatives.
Get Ss to choose one of the following: (a) somewhere
you might consider moving to (either in your country
or in another country), or (b) something you might
consider studying that you've never studied before.
Then get them to (a) write notes about the positive
and negative things about moving there, or (b) write
notes about the positive and negative things about
doing it.
Then, tell 5s to work in pairs or small groups and
to use their notes to discuss the relevant questions
below with each other.
•Q: Where 15 the place you might consider mOVing to?
Q: How sl mllarto/ dlfferent from where you live now
15 It?
7 . Get Ss to complete the rules in the Active grammar
Q; What are the positive things about movi ng there?
Q: What are the negative things about moving there?
. . . Ss should check answers in pairs. Then get whole
0iIss feedback.
b
Active grammar
tA adding -ef and -est 18 doubling the consonant
and adding -er and -est Ie adding -r and -st
2A using more and most 28 changing the y to i and
adding -er and -est
JA different 38 the same
4A the best
48 worse
sA small 56 large
Q:
Q:
Q:
Q:
What Is the thing you might consider studying?
Have you ever done anything similar?
What are the positive things about doing It?
What Ire the negative things about doing It?
Communication:
Travelling companions
Vocabulary:
Expressions with go
In this lesson, Ss focus on expressions with go, including to
hove a go, to go bock on and to be on the go.
I
In this lesson, 5s talk about types of holidays they like. Then
they do a quiz to find a good travelling companion who likes/
dislikes the same things as them on holiday.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get S5 to brainstorm expressions and phrasal verbs
OPTIONAL WARMER
with go. Tell Ss 10 work in pairs and write down three
expressions or phrasal verbs with go thai they know.
Write the following word s/phrases on the board (and/
or any other words /phrases from the quiz that you
think Ss might need to check).
Get them to share their ideas with oth er Ss and
explain meanings to each other if possible.
a package holiday scuba diving a sleeping bag
a penknife a romantic navel a tent on apenended holiday mosquitoes a souvenir 0 tropical
disease
Get whole class feedback and make sure Ss
understand all the expressions.
1" If you did the optional warmer, start by asking Ss
to look at the expressions in bold. and check if they had
thought of any of them . Get Ss to match the expressions
with go in bold with the (orrect definitions a-j. After
checking answers in pairs. get whole class feedback.
Artswers:lj 2a 3d
71 8g 9f toe
4h
Sb
6e
2'" Get 5s to test each other in pairs. Explai n that they
should take turns to say a definition in Ex. t and that their
partner should say the correct expression. Get 5s to read
the example to get them going.
3'" Get 5s to choose the correct alternatives. Encourage
them not to look at Ex. 1 while they are doing it. Tell 5s
to check answers in pairs but do not get whole class
feedback at this stage.
4a... Play recording 6.7 and get 5s to check their
answers. Get whole class feedbac k if necessary.
Answw:rs: t have 2 away 3 saying 4 on
S make 6 on 7 on a down 9 for to great
b ...
Play re cording 6.7 again and get 5s to underline
the part of the expression that has the main stress. Read
through the example with the class before they listen. 5s
check their answers in pairs. After getti ng class feedback,
get 5s to repeat the sentences in pairs.
An...,.; Main stress: 1 10 2 away 3 saying
40n SIO 6back 710 a down 910
to lengths
5a'" Read through the three sentences with the class.
Tell 5s that they are going to tell a story including one of
the sentences and five of the expressions in Ex. t . Get 5s
to prepare their story, maki ng brief notes if necessary.
b ...
Get 5s to tell each other their stori es in small groups.
Get class feedback by asking 5s the two questions.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get 5s to write the story they told in Ex. 5. Remind
them to include the sentence and the five expressions
they chose and to organise their story into paragraphs.
II
Get Ss to work in Rilirs or small groups and to explain
the meanings of the words/ phrases. Give them
dictionaries to help if necessary.
1'" Get 5s to look at the photos and to discuss the
questions. Get whole class feedback.
2'"
Tell 5s that they are going to try to find someone i n
the class who would make a good travelling companion.
Read through the introduction paragraph of the quiz with
the class. You may also want to pre-teach the word dreod
in question S. (To dread - to feel anxio us or worried about
something that is going to happen or may happen).
Tell 5s to do the quiz with as many different 5s as
they ca n. Remind them that when they are asking the
questions, they should make notes about the other 5s'
answers. An d that when they're answering the questions,
they should use the ideas in the quiz as well as their own
ideas.
3a ... Get 5s to read the four descriptions on page 147
and to answer the questions.
b'"
Get 5s to work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Get whole class feedback, encouraging 5s to give reasons
for their decisions.
Lifelong learning
... Read through the lifelong learning box with the class.
Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and brainstorm
some more ways to continue learning while tra velling.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups with other
Ss who they found would make the best travelling
companions. Tell them to plan their ideal holiday,
including details of where. when. who with, how long,
activities. accommodation.
You could remind them about the places they have
learned about in this unit (e.g. the jungle, Bhutan,
Egypt, Mexico) or encourage them to think of their
own Ideas too.
You could either get whole class feedback and ask Ss
to report their ideas to the class. or you could get 5s
to write a paragraph or two about their ideal holiday.
Notes for using the Common
Europea.n Framework (CEF)
1.
Answers: t I've been writing z saw 3 for 4 been
5 ever 6 I·...e lived 7 's been working 8 just
••
CEF References
6.1 C.n do: write an informal email
Answers: 1 He's already phoned me Ihree Urnes
today. 2 We went to india for three weeks
last summer. 3 I've just seen a really fantastic
musical. 4 Have you heard the news yet? 5 I've
been decorating Ihe living room all day. 6 I've known
my best frIe nd since primary school. 7 Have you ever
rud the Lord of the Rings books? 8 How long have
CEF 82 descriptor: Can write letters conveying degrees
of emotion and highlighting the personal significance
of events and experiences and commenting on the
correspondent's news and views. (CEF page 83)
6.2 can do: ask and answer Questions about unusual
places
you been studying English?
CEF 82 descriptor: Can engage in extended conversation
on most general topics in a clearly partiCipatory fashion,
even in a noisy environment. (CEF page 76)
Answers:
6.] can do: make comparisons about places and people
1
How long have you had your
motorbike? 2 What's she goIng 10 study at
university? 3 How tall are you? 4 Can you reach
that box on the top shelf for me?
••
Answers: 1 Can you tell me what lime this shop
closes? (Or: Can I ask you ...?) 2 j'd like to know if
I can buy theatre tickets here. 3 Would you teU me
what time you'll finish your homework? 4 Can you
tell me what the most interesting country you've ever
visited Is?
••
Answers: 1 much 2 worst
6 friendly 7 a 8 best
••
3 as
4 most
5 quite
Answers: t putting ~ setting 2 scratchy -7 itchy
3 make ~ have 4 of ~ with
5 speaking ~ saying 6 country -7 culture
7 to ~ on 8 away ~ off
CEF B2 descriptor: Can take an active part in informal
discussion in familiar contexts, comme nti ng, putting
point of view clearly, evaluating alternative proposals and
making and responding to hypotheses. (CEF page 77)
CEF quick brief
The reference levels i n the Common European Framework
(At-{2) allow a correlation with common international
exams as well as exams within a country or institution .
This means that employers can have a more accurate
idea of what a student with a particular Qualification can
actuatly do. For more information see the introduction at
the start of this Teacher's Book.
Portfolio task
Download the Totol English Portfolio free from
www.iongmon.comAotolenglish.
Objective: to help 5s start using the Portfolio to assess
their progress and priorities in English.
This task can be done in 5s' own language.
II> The Biography section of the Portfolio contains the
Can do statements from each lesson i n the book. 5s can
use this section to review and keep track of their progress.
It is helpful to remind students to complete the tick boxes
in this section at a regular intervals, perhaps at the end of
every unit or at the end of semester.
1 II> Ask Ss to look at the Can do statements in the
Biography section of their Portfolio. Show how the
statements relate to the work they have completed i n their
coursebooks.
2 II> Ask Ss to look through the statements at B1 level
and complete the tick boxes.
3 II>
Explain that as they progress through the co urse,
they will be able to achieve more Can do goals at B1 and
will also start to complete goals at B2 level.
Overview
-~~;-----,
Lead·in
&raInaar: countable and uncountabte
YaalllII.ry: food and cookInl
&no _ _
Vocabulary: verb phrases about money
Can do: write a formal letter of complaint
G,....man howlgn sotnf'tlrlng done
-
Yocabullry: animal eltPresslons
CIIn do: talk about servk:es
...
Can I help you?
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce Ss to the topic of 'excess' by getting them
to discuss these questions. encouraging them to give
details.
Q: What's the most unusu. 1hairstyle you've ever
h.d or seen?
Q: Wh.t's the biggest me.1 you've ever eaten?
Q: What's the longest you've ever gone without
sleeping?
Q: What's the most over-the-top exercise/training
programme you've ever heard about or done?
Q: What the most unu.!ual person you know or have
ever heard .bout?
111> Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback.
Summary
Lesson 1: Ss read an artide about Ihe film Super Size Me
and discuss their opinions about the film and junk food in
general. They also listen to someone talking about how to
make traditional British Christmas dinner and then talk about
how to prepare a dish oftnelr choice.
lesson 2: 55 lislen to an Item of rad io news about selling
things at auction. They then do a roleplay as customers
complaining in various situations and finish by writing a
formalleuer of complaint.
lesson 3: Ss read an article about how some people treat
their pets as family members, ind ulging them with things like
proper beds, sa lon haircuts, Jewellery and clothes. Ss also
talk about their own attitudes to animals.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on prefixes Including over·, under·,
mono·, multi·, bk
Communication : Ss listen to dialogues In a restaurant. a
shop and a hairdresser and then roleplay their own.
Film bank: VIkings (s'2S")
An extract from a documentary about a Viking
Re-enactment Society.
Many people In Europe and the USA who are fascinated
by the Vikings and their whole way of life are members of
'Re-enactment Socletles' and spend their spare time living
exactly as the Vikings did. There are many other
Re-enactment Societies too for different periods in history.
This extract shows what the members of these societies do
to be as accurate as Ihey can about every delaillncludlng
clothes, food and battles.
Possible places 10 use this short film are:
II> After lesson 1 to extend the topic of excessive lIfestytes.
II> At the end of the unilio round up the topic and
language.
for ways to use this short film In class. see Students' Book
page 158 and Teacher's Book page 184.
2 II> Play recording 7.1 and get Ss to discuss the
questions in pairs. Get whole class feedback.
encouraging Ss to give reasons to justify their opinions.
3& II> Read the questions through with the class. Then
get Ss to work in pairs and to discuss the meaning of the
words in bold. Give them dictionaries to help if necessary.
Get whole class reed back.
ARIwen: t extravapnt . spendlns 01 costing
a lot of money, especlalty mot'e than is necessary
01 more than you can afford 2 ucesslw. much
II'IOff! than Is reasonable Of necessary 3 twwry
- something expensive that you do not nHd but
you buy for pleasure and enjoyment .. extra-larp
- very tarse 5 spoilt - when someone (usually
a child) Is rude and behaves badly bec.use they
have alw.ys been given what they WInt and been
allowed to do wh.t they want 6 overpriced .
when somethlns is more expensive than It should
be 7 far-fetched - extremefy unlikely to be true or
to h.ppen 8 spend1ns sprH - a short period of time
when you do a lot of spending
b II> Get Ss to ask and answer the questions with a
partner. Get whole class reedback by asking Ss to report
back on how many/ which of their answers were similar to
their partner's.
EXTEND THE LEAD·IN
You could set Ss to write a paragraph about either,
one or the questions they discussed In Ex.. 3a, or, if
you did the optional warmer. one of the questions
they discussed then.
".1 Food for thought
So..pu Size Me, made in 200). is a film which documents
~n Spurlock's one-month existence on fast food and its
mastrous consequences. In the film, Spurlock eats three
WcDonatd's meals a day. every day, for a month. He only eats
floc! from McDonald's and every time an employee asks ifhe
-o..1d like to 'super size' the meal, he agrees. Spurlock knew
experiment was extremely unhealthy but his intention was
• show people what this kind of diet can do to you. The film
c:a.id represent your life: in thirty days you see what could
3 ... Get Ss to discuss the questions in small groups. Get
class feedback by asking a few 5s to report back to the
class about the main points of their group's discussion,
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write these sentences on the board:
11 had a delicious {ood/ meol yesterday.
21 had some delicious {ood/meol yesterday.
'-'Pfn to you over twenty or thirty years of over consumption.
Get Ss to work in pairs and 10 decide which of the
alternatives in each sentence Is correct and why.
Get whole class feedback. (Answers: 1 meo/: It Is
countable and therefore we use OJ 2 (ood: it Is
uncountable and therefore we use some).
lesson. Ss read an article about the film Super Size Me.
discuss their opinions about the film and junk food in
IPWral. Ss then 80 on to focus on the grammar of countable
JIIICI uncountable nouns. They also listen to someone talking
IOOut how 10 make traditional British Christmas dinner and
talk about how to prepare a dish of their choice.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss 10 discuss these questions! Q; What have you
MIen In the lut twenty-four hours? (Give det. IIs.)
Where did you eat it. who cooked It. and did you
enjoy It? Q: Is this a fairly typical twenty-four hours
01 fIIUng? If not. what Is?
4a .. Get 5s to look at the underlined words in the
examples in the Active grammar box and decide if each
one is countable or uncountable. Ss should check in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback. checking that 5s
understand that some words (e.g. coffee) can be both
countable and uncountable, depending on the context.
Active grammar
1 meols ., countable 2 {ood - uncountable
3 (0 block) coffee"" countable 4 coffee - uncountable
Reading
, .
Focus Ss on the photo and get them to discuss the
in pairs. Get brief whole class feedback.
~tions
. ..
GeiSs to read the text quickly and answer the
Remind them to focu s only on answering the
.-stion and not to worry about understanding everyth ing
• this slage. Ss check in pairs. Get class feed back.
~ion.
b ...
Get Ss to work in pairs and divide the words in the
box into three groups: countable. uncou ntable and those
which can be both. Get whole class fee dback.
Ai.drs: t raw 2 stir 3 Silty "chop S sweet
6 boil 7 dish 8 cooker 9 fOIIst to cabbage
, You should eat healthy food because eating a
:.... of Junk is seriously bad for your health.
, . Get 5s to read the text again and to work In pairs to
e;piain what each of the phrases means. Remind them to
IIIOt at the phrases in context and use any clues they can
• work out the meaning. Get whole class feedback.
. . :IS:
1 ~
might be 'excited about eating a
of McDonald's food. but It was actually a really bad
ecperIence_ 2 To Increase the size of wery part of the
__ for vtJy little extra cost_ 3 Spurlock knew that
so much McDonald's was not a sensl~ healthy
to do but dtd it anyway. "Doctors knew tills diet
hI\Ile neptive effects on his body. but didn't rNUse
• would haw such a huse neptNe Impact_ 5 All three
4IIctors advised him 10 stop because It was affecti", his
.-10 t.tl¥- 6 Eiti", so much junk food In a month
IIIDwed whII can happen If you do It OWl a lonpr time
• pert of your Ute_ 7 Spur10ck thinks thaI customers
..... rI,m to corred Information about what is In the
feod and what eRects It has. 8 Spurlock says that
McDonald's want to create a happy positive link between
....,.. and Ntlng their food. 9 Although the Ideas In
. . film ~ depIessing. Spurtock himself Is funny and the
well made. 10 Spurtock wants famiUe to hive
...... me.Is together so they can talk to each other.
"'Is
Active grammar
Counhlble: meal, diet, burger, trip
Uncount.ble: food, meat, sugar, salt. bread , fruit,
weather, luggage, travel, equipment. advice, furni ture.
information, news
Both; coffee. chicken. chocolate, cake, paper, iron
business, hair
C" Remind 5s that for the words that can be both
countable and uncountable. the mea ning is slightly
different in each case. Read through the example with
the class. Then get 5s to work in pairs and to discuss the
difference in meaning for the words that can be both . Get
whole class feedback •
Ao•••a: For all these WOlds. when we use them In
the countib&e way. we are talklnl about I slncte one
(e,1- I chocolate). a whole one (e•• • a chkken), a cup
of something (e_g_ a coffee). When we use them In the
uncountable way. we are not sayln. Ulctly how much,
but just some_
3" Remind 5s that we can use other modifiers with
countable and uncountable nouns (not just some). Read
through the sentences with the class. Then get 5s to
discuss the question in pairs. Get class feedback.
Answers: {rwand little (without a) are used to talk
about negatiYe Ideas a few and a little are used to
talk about more posltiYe Ideas
6" Get 5s to complete the sentences with the correct
word/phrase from the box. After checking in pairs. get
whole class feedb ack.
Answers: 1 many 2 a little ) much It piece
5 some 6 lots 7 a great deal of 8 slice
9 a few 10 lot
AM_Irk 1 A coot: II pefSOn who cooks. A COO"';: the
machine you use for cooking. 2 A ~toble: a food
like carrot, potato. A vegetarian: a person who does
not eat meat. ) A rKJpe: instructions about how to
cook something. A dish: the thing you make e.g. beef
stroganoff. It Rorr: cooked only a little (usually for
meat, especially steak). Row: not cooked at all
5 To stir: to mix slowly. To bHt: to mix qukkly.
6 To slice: to cut Into thin pieces. To chop: to cut into
small squares. To gnne: to use a grater to make very
small pieces of food e.g. cheese or ca"ots.
C" Get 5s to work in pairs and to add at least two more
words to each group of words in the mind map. Get whole
class feedback. making sure 5s understand all the words.
lOa" Get 5s to choose the correct alternatives. 5s
check answers in pairs. Do not get class fee dback yet.
-
7 .. Get 5s to find the mistakes in eight of the sentences
and correct them. 5s check in pairs. Get class feedback.
MIwerII 1 Do you spend. lot of time doing oen:lse?
2 H.ve you Ifven anyone .... good advice recently?
) How much supr do you have In your coffee?
It When was the last time you had. piece of cake?
5 correct 6 How much fruit do you usually eat every
day? 7 Do you Uke wry hot weather?
8 correct 9 When did you last go on an Interesting
trip? 10 When did you last buy some new fumltura?
Person to person
8" Get 5s to ask and answer the questions in Ex. 7.
in pairs. Get whole class feedback by asking a few 5s to
report back about one thing their partner talked about.
Vocabulary
OPTIONAL WARMER
If you did the optional wa rmer at the beginning of this
lesson. get Ss to try to remem ber what they talked
about. If you did not do it, get Ss to work in pairs and
to write down all the different food they have eaten
in the last twenty-four hours. categorising it by type
of food: e.g. fruit, vegetables. meat, drink. Get class
feedback and write the words on the board.
9a"
Get Ss to work in pairs and put the words in
the box in the correct place in the mind map. Give
them dictionaries to help if necessary. Get whole class
feedback. checking that Ss understa nd all the words.
AnIwItI: Food: beef, a peach, cabbage, parsley; w.ys
of cooIdnc: to bake, to scramble. to fry. to roast,. to
bol~ to grill; Kttchtn tqul,....m: a saucepan, an oven.
a cooker. a frying pan, a wooden spoon, a plate; Tate:
sweet, bitter, salty, sour, savoury
b .. Get Ss to work with a partner and to discuss the
difference between the pairs of wo rds. Again, give them
dictionaries to help if necessary. Get whole class feedback
by asking different pairs of Ss to explain each one.
Answers: 1 raw 2 stir ) salty 4 chop SSMe!
6 boil 7 dish 8 cooker • roa.. to cabbage
Pronunciation
lla" look at the example with the class. Get 5s to work
in pairs and to decide together which syllable in each word
has the main stress. Then play recording 7.2 and get Ss to
check their answers. Get whole class feedback.
Answers (for 111 and b): Underlined part is the main
stress and part in bold Is weak form I~/ (schwa):
t saucepln '2""" )~Ie 4 vep!arl8n
5 - 6 !!yourv 7 catrOt 8~'
b .. Remind them that the syllable (s) which is/are not
stressed is/are often a weak form or 'schwa' /-;,/ . look
again at the example cooker with the class and elicit/ tell
them that the second syllable is a weak form. Get them
to work in pairs and to decide which of the syllable(s) in
the words are wea k form s. Then play recording 7.2 again
and get them to check their answers. Get whole class
feedback. (Answers above).
Speaking
12 .. Focus 5s on the photo and tell 5s that they are
going to listen to someone talking about a traditional
British Christmas dinner. Play recording 7.3 and get
5s to answer the question. Get whole class feedback.
encouraging 5s to justify their answers.
13a" Read the list of things through with the class. Ask
Ss to choose one of the things and to think about how it is
prepared and cooked. Encourage them to make notes and
to use the vocabulary from Ex. 9.
b .. Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups and to tell
other 5s what their dish is and how to prepare/ cook it.
C " Get whole class feed back by asking Ss which of the
dishes they would like to eat most and why.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Ask Ss to write a recipe of the dish they talked about.
including a list of ingredients and instructions. Ss collect
their recipes together and make a 'Class Recipe Book'.
":
" .2 Buy, buy. buy
4 .... Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback.
of the most famous auction houses operating
IIIIItmationa lly are Sotheby's (established in London in 1744)
_ Christie's (also established in london in 1766). People go
_lOOk. to bid and perhaps to buy a range of different items,
eoecially collectable art, furniture and jewellery.
tIowadays. however, traditional auctions also need to
pete with online auctions like eBay. eBay was founded by
Pierre Omidyar in 1995. It started small, and has
. . become a massive success with some 125 million users,
g and selling an endless array of different products.
~man
"'rs and sellers are brought together quickly and easily:
IfIers can list items for sale, buyers can bid for items of
~st
Or: If any Ss In your class have an interesting
collection of anything, ask them to prepare a short
presentation to give to the class. They could bring
some items from their collection to show.
and all eBay users can browse through listed items in
automated way.
Ii
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Either: If your Ss have access to the Internet, you
could get them to do some research for a mlnl·project
about someone who coliects interesting or unusual
things. They could write a short essay about it , or
prepare a short presentation to give to the class.
Vocabulary
- 5 lesson, Ss listen to an item of radio news about selling
IS at auction (both traditional and online). They hear
....t and discuss their reactions to the extraordinary things
lIIOPIe buy and the incredibly high prices people pay. After
tlcussing on the grammar of passives, Ss do a roleplay as
omers complaining in various situations and finish by
g a formal letter of complaint.
5 .... Get Ss to work in pai rs and to discuss the difference
in meaning betwee n the ve rb phrases in ita lics in each
pair of sentences. Encourage them to look at the context
and try to work out the meaning. You could also give them
dictionaries to help. Get whole class fee dback, making
sure that Ss understand all the meanings.
OPTIONAL WARMER
tntroduce Ss to the topic of shopping by asking them
to discuss some or all of these questions.
Q: What Is the best ad jective to describe how you
'"' about clot hes shopping? Why? Q: Do you
""fer shopping alone or with other people? Why
(and who)? Q: What do you think about online
shopping? What experience have you got of it?
Q: When was the last time you bought something
that you regretted? What was It and why? Q; What
is one of your favourite shops? Why do you like It?
Answers: ta to bid (or somfthlng • to offer to pay for
something at an auction b to hogg~ for something
• to offer to pay less than the price (especially In a
market) 2a to g« a btlfJ1tIIn - to pay • low price for
something good b ta glt 0 discount - to pay less
than the original price because ttIe seller lowers the
price 3a to gft a rrfund . to lake somelhlng back to
a shop and set your money back b to get a receipt
- to Bet a piece of paper from Ihe shop 10 prove you
bougfll something 41 to be! obit to afford something
- to have enoup money to pay for something b to
be worth It - for somelhlng lo be the value of what you
paid for It
6a....
LIstening
. ... Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss the
Get whole class feedback on their ideas but do
. . accept or reject any of their ideas at this stage.
~t io ns.
. ... TeU Ss that they are going to listen to part of the
alto news. Play recording 7.411nd get them to check their
.-as about t he question in Ex. 1. After checking their
~ in pairs, get whole class feed back.
Each of the things/ people in the pictures
or sold something al auction (eithel
or on eBay).
a ... Read through the stateme nts with the class. Play
IKording 7.4 again and get Ss to decide if the statements
_ true or false or we don't know. Encourage Ss to correct
ones which are false. Get Ss to check their answers in
Pliiirs. Then get whole class feed back.
*
a
.IS: 1 F (she found ft herself in her own attic)
OK 3 F (someone bouBh111 for $61,000)" F (only
. . of the original six) 5 T 6 F Ot was sold on
e8Iy) 7 F (there was no proof) 8 DK 9 F (he sold
z
them on eBay)
10 T
Get Ss to read the sentences and decide which
ve rb phrase you could use for each. After checki ng in
pairs. get whole class feedback.
AnIWMs: 1 10 bid :2 a balpln 3 a discount
" can' afford 5 a refund 6 to haggle 7 not worth
" 8 a receipt
b .... Get Ss to rewrite the sentences using the correct
form of the verb phrase they decided on in Ex. 6a. Ss
should check answers in pai rs but do not get whole class
feedback at this stage.
c .... Play recording 7.5 and get Ss to check their answers.
Get whole class fee dback if necessary.
AnswtfS: lOne man bid £5000 for a small antique
chair. :2 Ten CDs for only £50 - that's a bargalnl
3 • asked for a discount, but the shop assistant saki
no. 4 I'd like to buy a motorbike but I can't afford
It. 5 Thls DVD player broke after only a week. ret
Uke a refund please. 6 • always Iry and haggle wtth
market traders. 7 The rent on that tiny ftal lsn't worth
It. 8 Don't forset to keep the receipt.
Grammar
Speaking
9" Read through the four situations with the class. Get
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write the following sentences on the board and get 5s
to complete them with the most appropriate verb.
t
2
Someone _ _ the bikini for $61.000.
The blkini _ _ for $61.000.
Get Ss to check their answers in paIrs. Then get whole
class feedback. (Answers: 1 bOU9ht 2 wos bou9ht).
Get Ss to discuss in pairs what the difference between
the verbs is. (Answer: t active 2 passive).
7a. .. Get 5s to look at the example sentences in the
Active grammar box and answer the questions in pairs.
Get whole class feedback on question 1 but not on
question 2 at this stage.
5s to discuss with a partner what they would do in each
situation and why. Get whole class feedback and see how
many 5s feel similarly to each other. Encourage them to
give reasons for their opinions.
lOa." Read through the questions with the class. Play
recording 7.6 and tell Ss to answer the questions. After
brieRy checking in pairs. get whole class feedback.
"--s:
t situation" 2 frustrated and irritated but
resigned 3 to make an .ppolntment for an enginefl
to come on Friday
b" Get 5s to read through the How to ... box. Play
recording 7.6 again and tell them to complete the
language in the HowJo ... box. 5s should check their
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
Answers: 1 manqer :z asslst.nce
"apologise 5 ~placement.
1 wos bou9ht - passive; bou9ht - active
b .. Get 5s to check their answers to question 2 by
reading the rules of meaning A and 8 in the box. Then get
whole class feedback.
Active grammar
2 You would choose passIve because in sentence 1.
the action is more important than who causes the
action and In sentence 2. the longer expression is put
at the end of the sentence
c..
Get 5s to read the rule of form in the box and
complete the sentences. Remind them to use the correct
passive form of the verb in brackets for each sentence. 5s
check answers in pairs. Then get class feedback.
An.-.: 1 Is !wing cleaned 2 w.s found ) was
beln. displayed "have been bousht 5 had been
spat 6 will be paid 7 Is pins to be opened 8 Cln
be 000111'
3 seems
c~
Ask 5s to add one more sentence to each section of
the How to ... box. Get whole class feedback and write the
sentences on the board.
11" Get Ss to work with a partner and to choose one of
the situations in Ex. 9 for a roleplav in which the customer
complains about the situation. Remind 5s to use the
language in the How to ... box. You may want 5s to change
(oles and do the roleplay again. or to choose a different
situation for the second roleplay.
Writing
12" Refer 5s to the Writing Bank on page 16). Get 5s to
read the letter and answer the questions. After checking
answers in pairs. get whole class feedback.
"--s: 1 Three probfems: the late arrival of the
DYDs. the fact thlt one of them w.s broken and the
way she was treated by the staff on the phone. 2 5he
w.nts a ~p\acement DVO or .. refund.
The email in Ex. 8 is about a Jukebox. Jukeboxes originated
in the USA In the 19)OS and production continued on a large
scale until the 1960s. A limited number are still produced
today. They were found in many bars and pubs in USA. the UK
and elsewhere - people put money In and chose the record
they wanted to hear. Jukeboxes are now highly collectable
items with people paying anything from $1 00 to $)0.000
depending on the type and how rare they are.
S" Get 5s to complete the email with an appropriate
form of the verbs in brackets. Remind 5s that the verbs
may be both active and passive. 5s should check their
answers In pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
was persuaded :z were gtven
) had "bought 5 ls IOinl to be dellYered/1s belns
delivered 6 couldn't be lent 7 pvt
8 will lnenge 9 will be .sked 10 has been sorted
~ 1
.. In the writing skill section. get 5s to look again at the
leiter and answer the question. Get whole class feedback.
.. Tell 5s to read the sentences and mark whether each
one Is formal (F) or informal (I). After cheCking In pairs. get
whole class feedback.
~
9.
Formal: 2.3.6.7. lO,lt; Informal: 1. 4. 5. 8,
12
13" Tell 5s that they are going to write a formal leiter
of complaint. Get them to choose one of the situations
In Ex. 9 (or use their own idea) . Tell 5s to look again at
the model In the Writing Bank on page 163 and to write
their letter. Remind them to use language from the Useful
Phrases box on page 163 and to use the paragraph plan in
Ex. 13 to organise their writing.
I"' a dog'a ute
some parts of Europe and the USA, many pet owners see
cat ordog as a member of the family. In the UK, owners
~ an amazing £4 billion annually on keeping their pets
well and entertained. In one survey. it was found that
to 40% of owners said they bought gifts for their pets,
ding Christmas and birthday presents. Owners happily
~ 1T
2 F~o%)
) OK • T
b~
Tell 5s to read the rest of the tex;t and to decide
which of the descriptions apply to which pet or pets or
none of them . Encourage 5s to underline the part of the
text which tells them the answers. Get 5s to check their
answers In pairs, Then get whole class feedback.
,..,per their pets with increasingly lavish lifestyles, including
-.s. furniture. accessories and 'gourmet" food. There are also
......: 1 Pixie 2 Beauty/ Mlpon 3 PhIe
• none 5 PWe/Beauty 6 Mlanon 7 none
8 Beauty
l1l'i psychologists for those with problems. pet passports for
8IIo5e who want to travel and a whole range of services on
*" There are hundreds of retail outlets offering owners a
~
array of products.
•
lesson, Ss read a magazine articte about how some
~
overindulge their pets and they discuss their own
..ruons and attitudes to animals. After focussing on the
.... rnar of hove/get something done, 5s talk about services
have done. 5s finish by looking at different animals and
I expressions.
~ Get Ss to discuss the questions In pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back about their opinions,
4
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD· IN
Write these sentences on the board :
OPTIONAL WARMER
11 cut my hair.
2 I hod my hair cut.
3 f got my hair cut.
Introduce 5s to the lopic of animals. The following
lCtivlly Is a bit of 'pop psychology' - a fun way 10 find
out more about yourself, which should not be laken 100
!5eriously.
Get 5s to write down their favourite animal and one
Mijective to describe il. Next, ask 5s to write down their
wcond favourite animal and one adjective to describe
c.. Finally. gel them to write down their Ihlrd favourite
Mimal and one adjective to describe II. Then write on
the board: 1 how you see yourself 2 how others see you
) how you would really like to be.
Get Ss to work in pairs and tell each other about
themselves using the animals and adjectives they
chose and Ihe Interpretation on the board. Remind
them that it is a bit of fun and not to be taken
too seriously!
Ask 5s to discuss this question In pairs: What is
the difference in meaning (If any) between them?
(Answers: Sentence 1 -I cut my hair myself;
Sentences 2 and 3 - I arranged for my hair to be cut
by someone else).
15a ~ Get Ss to complete the examples A-C in the Active
grammar box; using had. have and gets. Then tell them to
look again at the text In 81:. 2 and check their answers. Get
whole class feedback,
Active gramma r
11 take her to the beauty parlour to have her fur done.
2 On her last birthday, Mignon hi d the fur from the
top of the head pulled back and tied as a ponytail.
lleadin g
_k.
3 She gets the dog anaesthetised so that she stands
stili at Ihe hairdresser.
• • Focus 5s on the photos and get them to discuss the
.-stions in pairs or small gr0l!Ps. Get brief whole class
• • Get 5s to read the text qu ickly and answer the
.-stion. Remind them not to try 10 understand
..,,-thing at this stage but just to focus on the one
.-slion, After brieRy checking in pairs. get whole class
b
~ Get 5s to complete the rule of form in the box with
the correct part of speech. 5s should check in pairs. Then
get whole class feedback .
_ck.
Active grammar
The dos in the bed and the dos with the
"II'
Form: have (or get) + object + past participle
mentioned but the dot in lhe coat Is not.
Read the four statements through with the class.
.... 55 to read the first paragraph (the whole first column)
..., and to decide if the statements are true, false or we
-.'t know. Remind them to correct the false statements.
51 should check in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
c ~ Tell 5s to work in pairs and to look at rule 1 in the box
and answer the question. Get whole class feedback .
Answers: b arranging for something to be done by
somebody else
AMwII'I: Same sound /11- wings. whiskers.
fins Same sound /3:/- paws, claws. horns
d .. Tell Ss to work in pairs again and to look at rules 2
and 3 in the box. Get them to match each rule (2 and 3)
with the correct example D-F. Get whole class feedback.
Anlwtl'l: Rule:l - D and E;
Rule 3 - f
6" Get Ss to find the mistakes in six of the se ntences
C"
Read through the example with the class Then get
5s to work in pairs and take turns to describe an animal
using the words in the box. Their partner should try to
guess which animal it is.
and correct them. After checking answers in pai rs, get
whole class fee dback.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Either: If you did not do the optional warmer for this
lesson, you could do it here.
Or: You could ask Ss to discuss some or all of these
questions.
Q: How many famous anImals do you know from films
or TV? (e.g. Lassie, Free Willy, Shiloh, Babe).
Q: Which is your favourite? Why?
Q: Do you like"films about animals? Why/ Why not?
If your 5s have access to the Internet, you could get
them to research animals in films and prepare a short
presentation for the class about either animats in
film s in general. or one particular animal in a film.
Answers: 1 I've never had my halr~.
:I correct 3 I IM¥tI' have my house dKomed - I
do it myself. • I haven't had my eyes tested for
ages. 5 I've got a lot of things to get done by this
weekend. 6 I have some of my datheI dry-d......
every month. 7 correct 8 I'd like to get: my photo
..ken by a professional photographer.
Person to person
7" Read through the questions and the examples with
the class. Then get Ss to work in pairs and discuss the
questions. You could get brief whole class feedback by
asking two or th ree 5s to report back one interesti ng fact
about their partner.
Vocabulary
8a"
Get Ss to work with a partner and to divide the
animals in the box into six groups. Read through the example
with the class to get them going. Get whole class feedback.
lOa .. Tell 5s to complete the expressions in italics
by writing the name of an animal. Get Ss to check their
answers in pairs but do not get whole class feedback at
this stage.
b .. Play recording 7.8 and get 5s to check their answers.
Get whole class feedback if necessary.
_ _ Irs: 1 straight from the ...... mouth 2 take
the MIl by the horns 3 (to be) IS blind as a
bit • (to be) like a .... with. sore heed
-.
Possible groups (there may also be other way of
grouping them)
Domtstk .nl.....: dog, cat
fann anI...ta: bull, horse
Wild ullNts: be.r, bat
s.. IDlIUIs: fish. whale
BIrds: duck. eagte
InHCtl: fly. spider
b .. Get 5s to work in pairs agai n and to add at least
three more words to each of the groups. Get whole class
feedback and write the animals on the board, making sure
that 5s understand all the words.
9a" Tell 5s to label the parts of the ani mals in the
pictures using the words in the box. Then play recording
7.7 and get 5s to check their answers. Get whole class
feedback if necessary.
AnIwM's: A feathers B wings C beak D claws
E fur f tall G paws H whiskers I horns
J hooves K fins
b .. Get Ss to look at the words in the box in Ex. 9a agai n.
TeU them to work with a partner and to decide which of
the unde rlined vowel sounds have the same sou nds as
each other. Then play recording 7.7 again and tell them to
check their answers. Get whole class feedback and get 5s
to repeat the words.
11a" Get 5s to work in pairs and discuss what they
think each expression means. Rem ind them to read the
descriptions again and make a guess using the context to
help. Do not get whole class feed back al this stage.
b"
Get Ss to match each expression (1- 4) in Ex. loa with
the correct definition a-d. 5s should briefly check answers
in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
I
AnswII'I:1c:ld 3a 4b
C" Get 5s to choose two of the expressions and to tell
other 5s about a person or situation using them. Get brief
whole class feedback by aSking two or three 5s to report
back on their stories 10 the class.
d .. Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and to
discuss the question. Get whole class feedback.
I
Communication:
Can I help you?
is lesson , 5s focus on prefixes such as over·, mono·, bi·.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the items A·D from Ex. 1 on the board. Ask 5s, In
pairs. to think of one example for each situation (e.g.
A- someone talking loudly on a mobile on a bus).
In this lesson, 5s listen to dialogues In a restaurant, a shop
and a hairdresser and then roleplay their own.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get 5s to discuss these questions In pairs. Then
get class feedback: Q: When did you I.st go to a
restaurant / clothes or shoe shop? Who did you go
with? Why/ where did you go? What did you eat/buy?
Was it overpriced or not/ Old you get a ba rpin? Old
you enjoy It? Why/ Why not?
Q: When did you last go to the hairdresser? What
did you have done? What did you do while you were
waiting/ having your hair done? Did you get value for
money? Did you enloy It? Why/ Why not?
U. If you did not do the optional warmer. read the
1st (A·D) with the class. Play recording 7.9 and get 5s to
_ch the people speaking with the correct item A-D. One
II!m cannot be used. 5s check in pairs. Get feedback.
10 2C)A
_es
, . Play recording 7.9 again and tell 5s to make brief
about each story.
c.
Get 5s to work in pairs and to retell each story
IIP'ther using their notes.
. . . Get 5s to work with a partner and to look at the
Sipescript on page 172. Tell them to find a word to match
tIICh defin ition. Get whole class feedback.
"retrain S bWnlU11 6 multinational
8 exh1I·llrge 9 monotonous
b.
Tell 5s to look at the words from Ex. 2a again and to
.me the appropriate prefixes in the table. Get them to
chKk answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
: 1 mono 2: bi ) multi "over sunder
'ex 7 re 8 ext,.. 9 un
1a. Focus 5s on the photos and get them to work in
pairs. TeU them to complete the mind maps, including as
many words as possible related to each place.
b.
Get 5s to compare their mind maps with other 5s.
Then get whole class feedback and write the new words
on the board. making sure that 5s understand them aU.
2a. Get 5s to work in pairs. to look at the sentences
and answer the question. Get whole class feedback.
Answers: Restaurant - 2. 5. 7. 11; Shoe shop
Hairdresser - 3. 6, 9, to
b.
Tell 5s they are going to listen to three dialogues.
Play recording 7.11 and get them to number the sente nces
in Ex. 2a in the order they hear them. After checking in
pairs. get whole class feedback.
Answers: Correct order: n. 7. S. 2. t. 4. 8. 9. 3. 6. 10
C. Read the rule about hyphens through with the class.
Ss. in pairs, write one more example for each prefix. Get
dass feedback and write the words on the board.
"f'IIIsIble answers:
1 monocyde/monopoly
'2 bImonthly/tMlateral 3 muttkoloured/multlmedla
4 «WefSpend/owrripe S u~derase/underperform
,.-wtfe/ex-emp&oyer 7 redo/reboot 8 ext,..·
....aMe/extra·Ught 9 undecided/unfair
38. Get 5s to complete the sentences with a word from
the box. Not all the words can be used. 5s check their
Mswers in pairs. Do not get whole class feedback yet.
b.
Play recording 7.10 and Ss check their answers.
""" • .s: 1 tMannual 2 multipurpose 3 extra. . . It
undeJtOOked S overworked
6 monoIinau.1 7 rewrite 8 ex·glrtfrtend
4a. In pairs. 5s choose an item in Ex. la to tell a story
about. Get them to prepare the story together using as
many words in Us. 2a and 3a as they can.
b. 5s tell their stories to other 55. Remind them not
to say which item the story is about. 5s listening to the
stories should say which item the story is about.
-1." 8;
3a.
Get 5s to work in pairs and choose one of the
situations from the listening. Tell them to look at the
tapescript on page 1]2 and to underline any important
phrases (e.g. Good evening. Have you got a reservation?) .
b. Tell 5s to roleplay the situation they chose. Remind
them to use ideas from the listening and their own ideas.
4a'"
Read the table through with the class. Get 5s to
work with a partner and to add some ideas to the table.
Get class feedback and write their ideas on the board.
Peulble ........: Restaurant: food Is too soltyjcold,
tMte's a holr ;n t~ food. walt~r Is~. th~ bitlis
wrong. the table wasn' t available at t~ right time
Shoe/dothes shop: the clothes are tom/slained. the
zip,fJuckle Is broken Hairdresser: hairdtesser ignored
customer's wishes. hod to walta long time. water
too COld. holr wash too quldc, hafr washer got water/
shompoo in )'Our eyes
b.
Get 5s, in pairs. to choose a different place. They
should decide on a few things to complain about and
then roleplay the situation. Get some pairs to act out their
situations in front of the class. Get 5s to practise their
roleplays so that they do not have to use their notes.
Notes for using the Common
Review and practicle
European Framework (CEll')
Answers: 1 some 2 luggage 3 much
5 some 6 a few 7 a 8 some
4 is
CEF References
7.1 Can do: describe how to prepare and cook a dish
2>
Answers: 1 is included 2 was sent 3 will be
delivered I are going to be delivered 4 is being
repaired 5 has been opened 6 will be caught
7 were charged 8 had been employed
7.2 Can do: write a formal letter of complaint
CEF 82 descri ptor: Can explain a problem which has
arisen and make it clear that the provider of the service/
customer must make a concession. (CEF page 80)
3>
Answers: 1 She had new lyres fitted to her car
yesterday. 2 She had a new cooker delivered
7.3 Can do: talk about services
yesterday. 3 She had her hair cut and had highlights
done this morning. 4 She's having a carpet fitted in
the living room at the moment. S She's going to have
her watch repaired this afternoon. 6 She's going to
have her eyes tested tomorrow.
7 She's going to have
her windows cleaned tomorrow.
8 She's going to
have her coat dry·cleaned tomorrow.
4>
An swers: t raw
6 refund
CEF 82 descr iptor: Can give a clear, detailed description of
how to carry out a procedure. (CEF page 81)
2 for
3 worth
4 horse's
5 paw
7 boil 8 bear
5>
Answers: lover 2 under
6 multi 7 re 8 un
3 mono
4 re
CEF 82 descriptor: Can understand and exchange complex
information and advice on the full range of matters related
to his/her occupational role. (CEF page 81)
CEF quick brief
One of the key ideas within the Common European
Framework is that learning a language is a lifelong
task; it requires 'lifelong learning' skills. like all skills.
we can improve how we learn and one of the teacher's
responsibilities is to show 5s how to do this. The lifelong
learning boxes in Total English offer help in this task and
showing 5s how to use their Portfolio is another way that
teachers can help.
5 bi
Portfolio task
Download the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longman.comltotalenglish.
ObJective: to introduce 5s to the Dossier section of their
Portfol io.
This task can be done i n 5s' own language.
The Dossier section of the Portfolio allows 5s to record
and store ex.amples of good work in English to show other
people. It can include anything from stories to recorded
interviews to videos.
1" Ex.plain the purpose of the Dossier section of the
Portfolio to 55.
2.. Ask 5s to look back at their work over the last few
months and choose one or two pieces of work which they
feel proud of.
a ...
Ask 5s to compare the work in groups and explain
why they feel proud.
4" Ask 5s to record details of the work relevant section
of their Dossier and store the work separately in a Dossier
folder, If necessary. learners might like to redo the work,
correcting mistakes from the original version.
Lead-in
Vocabua.ry: success expressions
Grammar: It's tlme/l'd rather/I'd better
OPTIONAL WARMER
YoCIbulllry: describing personality
CAn do: describe different types of people
Write t hese seven verbs on the boa rd and ask Ss to say
which is the odd one out and why: succeed triumph
{lourish thrive foil achieve accomplish
Grammar: reported speech
(Answer: All the verbs have a similar meaning 10
succeed except fa ll which means the opposite).
YoaIbutary: adjectives and intensifiers
CAn do: report and describe what pe<,pl''''', l
to you
Graml'lllr: hard and hardly
CAn do: write a report of survey findings
Phrasal verbs with three parts
Radio phone·ln
Summary
leson 1: Ss read part of a brochure for a leadership
•~g company and discuss their ideas about the qualities
successful leader. Ss also talk about if they are good
~-ers. describing different sides of their own personalities.
wa
Then ask Ss to work in pairs. Tell half the cl ass
(Students A) to look at the verbs succeed, {lourish
and thrive, and the other half (Students B) to look
at achieve, accomplish and triumph. Give them
dictionaries and get them to write a definition and
an example sentence for each of t heir t hree verbs.
Reorganise Ss into Al Bpairs and get them to tett
each other the definitions and examples for the verbs
t hey looked at.
Possi ble example sentences:
Doctors succeeded in curing her cancer.
The economy is booming and sma ll busin esses are
flourishing.
The tourist Industry thrives in goad weather.
She achieved her goal of becoming 0 su rgeon.
The charity acco mplished a great deal In its first year .
It was a long and difficult race but in the end he
triumphed and won gold!
Lesson 2 : Ss listen to part of a radio programme about
lion. winners in sport and the use of sports
J5JChologists. They also talk about their own successes and
~Ie who helped them to succeed .
lesson 3: Ss read an article about Ryde College. a school
1'" Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discu ss the
questions in pairs. Get brief whole class feedback.
2a ... Get Ss to work with a part ner and to comple te the
sentences with t he wo rd s/phrases i n the box. Give them
dictiona ri es and remind t hem to use t he context of the
se ntence t o help. 00 not get w hole class yet.
pushes children as young as two to use computers and
:a.ke exams early. Ss then do a survey about attitudes to
scoot and education. They finish by writing a report of their
b ... Play record ing 8.1 and get 55 to check t heir answers.
~findings.
Get whole class feed back if necessary.
Wlcabulary: Ss focus on phrasal verbs with three parts,
fIOJdin g catch up with. cu t down on and make up for.
C-municatlon: Ss listen to extracts from a radio phone·in
.mich the caUers talk about their problems and get advice.
Ss en get a chance to roleplaya similar radio phone·in.
RIm bank: The secrets of success (J'3S")
A series of inteviews where seven people talk about
their work and their secrets of success.
The seven people talk about wh at t hey do, how/
when they got started and their tips for success,
including: 1 Stay passionate 2 Get some help 3 Be
your own boss 4 Have a good idea S Choose your
partner 6 Kn ow your customer 7 Don't give up.
Possible places to use this short film are:
.. After lesson 2 to extend the topic of success.
.. At the end of the unit to round up t he topiC and
Language.
For ways to use this shorl fi lm in class, see Students'
Book page 159 and Teacher's Book page 185.
An.wers:
1 go under 2 best-seller 3 giYe up
<\ have had their day S succeed 6 up to scratch
7 have a go
3 '" Get Ss to work i n pairs or small groups and tell
each other about t he last t ime they achi eved something
special. Encourage them to t hi nk about smaller
achievements as well as big things. Get w hole class
feedback by asking each group to report back about o ne
of the things t hey talked about.
EXTEND THE LEAD· IN
Continue the discussion about success / achievement.
Get Ss to complete these sentences about t hemselves.
Recently t managed to ... 2 I'm quite proud of
myself for ... 3 The last ti me I won something was
when ... 4 One of my main ambitions in life is to ...
S My definit ion of success is ...
1
Then ask t hem to compare and discuss t hem with
olher Ss. Finally get whole class feedback and see
how far t he sentences are t he same or different.
8 .1 Lead or follow?
Leadership training and management training is an important
part of most companJes nowadays. People generally now
accept that almost anyone can be a su(cessfulleader or
manager as long as they get the appropriate training and
support. For two examples of courses in Leadership training.
go to: www.ashridge.org.uk/ leadership_training.htrnand
www.leadersinsti!ute.com/ high·lmpac!·leaders!
In this lesson, Ss read part of a brochure for a (fictional)
leadership Training company and discuss their ideas about
the qualities of a successful leader. They listen to part of a
work appraisal interview and focus on the grammar of It's
time, I'd rotherand I'd better. S5 discuss if they t hink they are
(or could be) good leaders, describing different sides of their
own personalities.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce Ss to the topic of leaders/ leadership. Get
them to discuss the following questions.
Q: Which of the following jobs do you think require
good leadership skills? Why? teacher, politician
architect. manager, social worker, football coach
Q: Can you think of anyone (famous or not) who you
would consider to be a good leader? What do you
think makes him / her a good leader?
Reading
1 " Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups, Get whole class feedb ack.
2 .. Get 5s to read the text quickly and to match the
questions in Ex. 1 with the correct paragraphs. Remind
5s not to try to understand every detail of the text at this
stage but just to match the questions with the paragraphs.
After briefly checki ng answers in pairs, get whole class
feedback.
(Tony Blair is the Prime Minister of Britain leading the
labour Party to victory in 1997.
Teddy Roosevelt was President of the U5A keeping the
Republicans in power from 1901 to 1909.
George S. Patton was a leading U5A Army General during
World War II.)
Gramm ar
:; > Tell 5s that they are going to listen to part of a work
appraisal interview. Make sure they understand what a
work appraisal interview is (a formal discussion between
an employee and his/her boss to assess positive and
negative aspects of the employee's work and specific
goals for their future work).
> Read through the three summary sentences with the
class. Play recording 8,2 and tell Ss to decide which of the
sentences best summarises the main points. After briefly
checking in pairs, get whole class feedback.
I
AnIww: Sentence 3
I
6a> Get Ss to work with a partner and to try to
complete sentences t-4 in the Active grammar box. Play
recording 8.3 and get Ss to check their answers. Get
whole class feedba ck.
Active grammar
11 feel that it's time I moved on now.
2 I think I'd rather you did the first course.
3 I'd rather not wait for two months.
4 I'd better get your name on the lis! immediately.
b > Get Ss to complete the rules of form in the Active
grammar box by writing post tense or infinitive.
Active gram mar
A It's time. subject. past tense
3 .. Get Ss to read the text again and decide if the
8 subject . would rother. object. past tense (. than)
statements are true, false or we don't know, Remind Ss to
underline the relevant parts of the text and to correct the
fal se statements. 5s should check answers in pairs. Then
get whole class feedback.
C subject + would rother. Infinlltve (. than ...)
Answ.fI: t true
2: false (all kinds of groups,
Indudlns social groups, need leaders) 3 true 0\ we
don't know (he says that true leaders are bom but he
doesn't spedfically Include himselF) 5 false (leaders
should overcome tMir fears) 6 filtH Oeadets should
allow all group members to contribute)
o subject. hod better. Inflnltlve
C" Tell 5s to look at sentences 1-4 in the Active grammar
box again and to explain to a partner what each one
means. Remind them to read the rules about meaning (in
the box) to help them ,
7a > Get Ss to complete the dialogue using It's time,
'd rother or 'd better and the correct form of the verb in
brackets. 5s should check answers in pairs but do not get
whole class feedback at this stage.
4 " Read the quotes through with the class. Get Ss to
b> Play recording 8.4 and get 5s to check their answers.
work in pa irs or small groups and to discuss whether they
agree with the quotes or not and why. Get whole class
feedback.
Get whole class feedback.
Answers:
t It's time I had 2 I'd rather stay
3 I'd ralher you were 0\ I'd bettft' go
~I:
Person to person
................a: (These.re not absolute
synonyms OI.ntonymS). ~RI. extnMft ~
introvert open. socl.bIe -i reserved proactive
. .. Tell S5 to write three sentences about themselves
-.ting with It's time .... Read the examples through with
ee class to get them started and remind Ss that their
~ enthusJ.stk ~ lazy
opInion.ted - arropnt
modest slnsfe-mlnded. determined
~ undecided easY·scMnl. relalc.ed ~
~
. .tnces can be about small, more trivial things or larger,
-.:we important things.
• • Get 55 to work In pairs and to compare their
_ ences. Encourage them to include details in their
.swers and to use I'd better and I'd rotherwhere
.-propriate.
Vocabulary
uptlatO ..Ifish - _
witty -
10" Play recordingS.s and get 5s to write one adjective
from the table In Ex. 9 which best describes each person.
5s check answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
AnIwers:
2 sinlle·mlnded 3 headstrong 4 witty
5 outsolng 6 open 7 opinionated 8 selfish
9 pfOlCtiYe 10 manipulative
OPTIONAL WARMER
Ask Ss If they can remember any of the adjectives
used to describe successful leaders (in the lext they
read in Ex. 2). Get them to look back at the text
(~pecially paragraph 4) to check their Ideas.
Get Ss to discuss these questions:
Q:: Which of the adjectives from paragraph It of the
text do you think are the most Important to be.
M«essfulleader?
Q: C.n you .dd two more adjectives to describe_
Ml«essful leader?
Get whole tlass feedback and compare Ss opinions.
(There is a discussion about describing successful
leaders in Ex. 11C, so you may want to keep it fairly
brief here).
. .. Divide the class into Students A and Students
... Give them dictionaries and get them to look at the
avant part orthe table to find the meanings and
""unciatio n of their five words•
• • Get 5s to work in pairs (A and B) and to tell each
-.er about the meaning and pron unciation of the five
~s in their group.
outgoing • someone who likes meedn. and
",.n • honest and not WiIInttna
ptOOCtItIe • someont who
mett.
opInIontatH • SOIlttClN who expMSeS very
.... ~plnl.... .t»out thlnp In • ..., that annoys
single-minded • hIYinI OM aim ud wortdn.
_
k NSHOh>II- not easily upset or
HI/fsh. carlfll only about yoorself rather
wmy. uslfII words In a funny.
_
- aood
01 trkklna peopko to set what
IIId Intel_ _
haJdstrong - V'ery determined to do what
• Then get 5s to work with their partner and to add
adjectives which have opposite meanings and
silnilar meanings to the ones in the box.
fDme
TeU 5s to compare Ihe adjectives they have added
-'ttl other 5s. Get whole tlass feedback and make sure
Nt 5s understand aU the words.
C.
~ ........
amuMnl-i dull ffilnlpulative - controUlnl ~
upfront hudstfOftl • determlntcl -i Irresolute
l1a. TeU 5s to think of three people they know who
they could describe using some of the adjectives in Ex. 9.
b. Get 5s to work with a pa rtner and to describe the
people they thought of. Encourage them to give examples
of the ways in which each person behaves and to use
some of the adjectives they thought of (as well as the
ones In the table in Ex. 9a) .
c ..
Get 5s to discuss the question about successful
leaders with a partner. If you did the optional warmer,
remind 5s to think back to the adjectives they thought of
then. and to add to their list from those they looked at in
Ex. 9. Get brief whole class feedback about their ideas.
12&.. Get Ss to work in pairs and to match the
expressions In the box with the correct pictures. TeU them
to decide together what they think each one means. Get
whole class feedback.
Au..,.: 1 to be a complete doormat . to be
someone who lets other people treat them badly and
never complains 2 to be the centre of attention
• to be the person who t\leryone is interested In,
listens to. 3 to be down·to-earth • to be practical
and direct In a sensible. honest wfIY 4 to be really
Nth maintenance - 10 be someone who demands or
expects people to look .fter them • areal deal s to
be a party .,.Imal • to be someone who enjoys scMng
to parties and drinks I 101 of alcohol and behaYes in a
loud and often rude way
b .. Ask 5s 10 discuss the question in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
13a" Tell/ elicit from 5s that we all have different
sides to our personality and that we behave differently
in different situations. Read through the situations in the
box with the class. Ask 5s to think about how they behave
in different situations using the ideas in the box and their
own ideas.
b. Read through the example with the class. Then get
5s to work in pairs and tell each other about the different
sides ofthe;r personality in different situations. Remind
them to use the adjectives and expressions from Exs. 9
and 12 as appropriate. Get whole class feedback by asking
two or three 5s to report back about their partner.
PossIble answers: 1 There are some famous athletes
like Mohamed Ali and Michael Schumacher who have
succeeded because they haw complete self·belief
in their atHltty to win. 2 Sports psychologists can
wort with sportspeople to help change their negative
thoughts about failing into positive ones about
winning. 3 Some athletes and teams have specific
routines that they do in order to focus themselves on
the goal or to bring the players together as a team.
8.2 WInners
Sports psychology is a huge industry. Most athletes use a
psychologist to help with motivation and mental preparation.
The radio programme in this lesson talks about some famous
sportspeople who are naturally focussed on winning and
don't seem to need any help with motivation including boxer
Mohamed Ali. It also talks about runner Kelly Holmes who
struggled with injury and a negative menial attitude. She
used a sports psychologist to help her go on to win two gold
medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Also mentioned are
the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team who prepare and start
every game by doing their famous Haka war dance. This is a
traditional Maori chant with hand gestures and foot stamping
4" Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back about one thing they talked about.
originally performed by warriors before battle to show their
strength and to intimidate the opposition.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
If your Ss have access to the Internet. get them to
research and prlU)are a mini·project/ presentation on
one of the following: Superstitions in sport. Sports
psychology. Un/ lucky numbers. The New Zealand All
Blacks. Kelly Holmes. Another sports person.
In this lesson, Ss listen to a radio programme about winners
in sport and the use of sports psychologists. Ss focus on the
grammar of reported speech and then talk about their own
successes and people who helped them to succeed.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Also Ss to discuss these questions:
Q: What sports do you enjoy playing/watching?
Why? How does it make you feel? Q: Are you are
competitive person? Why/ Why not? Q: Are there any
sportspeople that you particularly admire? Why?
Q: What kind of people do you think make successful
athletes?
Listening
11> Focus Ss on the photos and read the three feelings
in the box through with the class. Get them to work with
a partner, match the photos with the most appropriate
feeling and discuss question 1. Get whole class feedback.
(More information about photos 1 and 3 will come in the
listening so do not give any detail about them yet).
Vocabulary
5a" Get Ss to look at the underlined a dj ecti~s in the
table and discuss the question in pairs. Get class feedback.
AnIwen: Gradable adjectives: the meaning Is relaliW!
(e.g. can be extremely big, wry big, quite big).
Non-gradable adjectives: the meaning Is extreme.
b I> Get Ss to work In pairs and match the gradable
adjectives 1-4 with the correct non·gradable adjectives
a-d. Get whole class feedback.
I
2 I> Read the questions through with the class and tell
Ss they are going to listen to part of a radio programme.
Play recording B.6 and get Ss to answer the questions.
After checking answers In pairs, get whole class feed back.
Antw.n: 1 'almost all' sports people 2 to focus
themsetve5 on winning and Intlmkiate the other learn
.t
I
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Write the following adjectives on the board and get
5s to make pairs as in Ex. Sb, saying which is the
gradable and which is the non·gradable adjet:ti~.
Answers: 1 completely ecstatic (Kelly Holmes
winning the lS00m race It the Athens Otympks In
2004 2 absolutely devastated (Ryan Gins pfaylng
for Manchester United aplnst Bayer Leverkus In UEFA
Champions leaaue 2002) 3 totally single-minded
(The New Zealand AU Blacks rugby team doing the Haka
Wlr dance before a pme)
.. Then get Ss to discuss question 2 in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback.
AnlMrt: lb ,d 3'
hot, boiling, clean, filthy. fascinating, freezing, small,
spotless, dirty. tiny. cold, Interesting
Answers: non·gradable adjectives are in bracketshot (boiling); cold (freezing); small (tiny): dirty
(filthy); clean (spotless); interesting (fascinating)
6a I> Read the rules A and 8 through with the class.
Get Ss to look at the sentences and decide if one or both
of the intensifiers is correct. Ss should check answers in
pairs but do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
b.
Play recording B.7 and get Ss to check their answers.
Get whole class feedback.
Mswen:
1 really/absolutely 2 extremely/very
3 really .. really/absolutely Sabsolutely 6 really
3 I> Play recording 8.6 again and get Ss to write one
sentence summarising the speaker's main points about
each thing in the list. Ask Ss to compare their sentences in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
7.. Read the three phrases in Ex. 1 with the class. TeU Ss
to think of a true slory about themselves relating to one of
the phrases and to teU their story to a partner.
Grammar
b ..
OPTIONAL GRAM MAR LEAD·I N
Get Ss to think back to Ex. 7 and try to remember the
story thai their partner told them. Ask them to write
Explain to 5s that these verbs are followed by
particular verb constructions. Get them to write the verbs
in bold from Ex. loa in the correct place in the table.
Remind them to look at the verb patterns which follow the
verbs i n bold. Get whole class feedback.
-...-.
down two sentences from their partner's story.
Then ask them to rewrite the two sentences in
~ported speech. (e.g. 'I worked hord (or my uams.'
He soid thot he hod worked hard for his exams.) Get
feedback by asking 5s to report to the class on what
their partner said, usIng reported speech.
. ... Play recording 8.8 and tell Ss to complete the
.-cenees and questions. Ss check in pairs. Get feedback.
• I . .nt :I I won 3 I'm not JOIna/today
5 .re you fHUns: 6 Will you/me tomorrow?
• • Get Ss to look at the reported speech in the Active
pnmar box and to compare it with the direct speech in
b. iii. Get S5 to find examples or changes/differences
IIItween the direct and reported speech and to write them
the bolt (1-6). Ss check In pairs. Get class feedback.
6 are you feeling ~ he was feeling
'bock_
(Change In
2 _
1.-
verb + gerund
2'"
)'Ou~him;me ~ he,
_
•.) 3 Coned - The
Is itnOreci here beuuse the sltu.tkMt Is SliU
• She tCIId him _ (No object .ftet' said.)
Conwct 6 l .skeeI her If sbI wanted _ {You need If
yes/no
7 CorTeCt 8 Correct
Is
hen! because !lie
admit. 5UQgft/
"I. _ 1 He _mltted brelkinl the window the
. . - cloy when he kicked. baUlhroush It by
misbke.
suaested trytnl the new IlaUin
I'MbUrant when they went out that Friday. ) She
decided to stay in that: nfsht because she was
completely exhMasted. 4 He tokl me he was pHns
to buy his Plh1tnd IOI'nf ftowtrs IS • \Qy of sayInJ
sorry. S She uIr.ed me if I WIS lOins to book
tickets for the cinema or if I was ptns to lust tum
up. 6 She warned me not to be late for my Interview
that afternoon. 7 The tuchtr reminded us to brlns
ou, homeworit to ...., by 9.00 the foUowin. Monday
momln.. 8 He promlHCI to PlY me back IU the
money he owed me by the next clay.
S today ~ that day; tomorrow ~ the following day
... TeU 5s to read rules A-f in the Active grammar box.
get them to decide If the sentences are correct or
... correcting the ones which are wrong. Get 5s to check
~rs In pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
CI$k. ,.,mlnd
"",fills<. dec/do
verb + obfed: + (thot)
verb + obfect + InflnlttYe
verb + Infinitive
11 " Get 5s to rewrite the statements in reported
speech starting with the words given. Remind them to
change all necessary parts of the sentences (Including
pronouns, time references) After checking answers in
pairs, get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
1 won ~ had won; am not going to ~ wasn't going to
2 wilt ~ would
) I~she
4
verb + (thot)
,,11. wom
Person to per son
12 " TeU Ss to choose option A or B. Then get them
to follow the instructions for the one they have chosen,
writing notes and then telling their partner.
Speaking
13a .. Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss
in pairs what they think is happening in each one. Get
whole class feedback about their ideas.
b"
loa ..
Read the sentences with the class. Get 5s in
.-so to check they understand the meanings of the verbs
• DoId. Give 5s dictionaries. Get feedback.
1 4 " Get 5s to work in small groups and tell each other
about the person who helped them to succeed (using their
notes if necessary). Tell them to make notes about other
5s' experiences as they are listening to each other.
twt*td: make someone remember somethtlll
(usuaIy unwIUInaIv) that sometNns
else Is ri8hI _ _ 10 Iell
in • way that is deIr and
b"
suggest: to tell someone
Lifelon g learning
happen wam: to teU someone that somethIna: bad
_ ......... _ _ _ so
avoid or .......
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Get S5 to think about someone who has helped them
to succeed in something. Tell them to make notes using
the questions to help.
deddt. to make • choice
Ask Ss to report back to the class about the most
interesting story they heard. Remind them to use reported
speech where appropriate .
.. Read through the bullet points with the class. Then get
Ss to discuss the questions in pairs. Get 5s to add more
points to the list. Get class feedback.
8.3
Tot;;..oo
= m=-_ _ _ _ _ _.....I
Ryde Teaching Services (based in South-east England and
formerly known as Ryde College) run a number of courses
for students of aU ages. The courses range from ICT and
computing to Maths, English and French. What makes them
different is their belief that children should be allowed to
progress according to their ability rather than their age.
This philosophy means that they have children as young as
two taking their courses and students taking GCSE exams
at the age of six or seven. (GCSEs or 'General Certificate in
Secondary Education' are public exams in Britain and afe
usually taken at the age of sixteen). Some people feel it is
wrong to push children to study so hard so young but Ryde
believes that 'children have an amazing ability to learn' and
want to offer 'courses that will help your child excel in many
subjects and help boost their confidence in learning.' For
more information go to: www.rydeteaching.co.uk
In this lesson, 5s read an article about Ryde College and the
perceived advantages of pushing children to study intensively
at a very young age. 5s discuss their own reactions to the text
and then focus on the grammar of hard and hardly. 5s then do
a survey about attitudes to school and education. They finish
by writing a report of their survey findings.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the word computer on the board.
Get 5s 10 work In pairs and give them a time limit of
two minutes. Tell them to write down as many words
as they can using the letters in the word computer.
Words must have at leasllhree leiters and must nol
be names. At the end of two minutes, ask each pair
how many words they have. Get whole class feedback
and write all the words on the board, checking 5s
understand the meanings.
(Some answers - not a complete list: come mop put
mute term cut cute cuter mope pure cure core met
pet cup tap cap cot part pot crept more pour poet
compute comet court true tour route rope our out.)
Reading
1;,. Focus 5s on the photo and get them to discuss the
questions in pairs. Get whole class feedback.
2;,. Read the question through with the class. Tell 5s to
read the text quickly and to answer the question. Remind 5s
to look for the answer to the question only, and not to try to
understand aU the details at this stage. After checking their
answer in pairs, get whole class feedback.
An,...-.: He feels that children avoid wasting time as
they do in the first years of SKondary school.
3a'" Get 5s to read the article and decide where each of
the sentences 1--6 should go. Encourage them to look at
the context of the sentences before and after each gap to
help them.
b ... Tell Ss to read the text through again from beginning
to end, to check their answers. Then get whole class
feedback.
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4.
Read the list of words through with the class. Get Ss
to work in pairs and find the words in the article. Tell them
to write a short definition for each one, reminding them
to decide on the part of speech and to look at the context
around the word. Get whole class feedback.
1 napples - noun: a pIKe of cloth Of paper
that you put between a bab(s tess and fasten around
its waist 2 former - adjective: happening. existing or
true In the past but not now 3 spread - verb: to be
communicated " cope - verb: to deal with something
successfully 5 head start - noun: an advantage
that helps you to be successful 6 qualms - noun:
worries or doubts about whether what you a~ dcMngls
ri&h' 7 mood - noun: the way that someone feels at
a partkul.r time 8. hothouse - noun: a heated Jlass
buUdlng, used for IfOWInl tropical plants
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II· Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups, encouraging them to give reasons to justify their
opinions. Get whole ctass feedback.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could do some work on vocabulary on the topic of
computers here.
Write the following two headings on the board:
1 Parts of a computer
2
Verbs associated with computers
Ask Ss to work in pairs and to write as many words/
phrases for each heading as they can. Give them a
time limit of two or three minutes. Get whole class
feedback and write the words on the board .
(Possible answers:
1 Parts of a computer: mouse, keyboard, printer, hard
drive, software, monftor, modem;
2 Verbs associated with computers: download/ upload,
log on/log off, copy, cut, paste, print, drag, click)
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD· IN
Write these sentences on the board and get Ss to
complete each one with one word. (If they need more
help, tell them to use either hard or hardly).
Studying every weekend {or my exams was _ _
work.
2 The children are encouraged to work _ _ for their
exams.
3 The pupils In the college are _ _ out o{ napples.
"I'm very tired this morning. 1_ _ slept last night.
S I hove _ _ any money. I must go to the bank.
6 She _ _ ever comes to visit us. Just once or twice
a year.
(Answers: 1 hard 2 hard 3 hardly -4 hardly
S hardly 6 hardly)
1
. . . Get 5s to look at examples 1-3 in the Active
~m mar box and decide if the words in bold are
ldiKtives or adverbs. After checking in pai rs. get whole
tSass feedback. (Check that 5s know that hard can be both
.. adjective and an adverb. and that hardly is always an
_rtl).
Active grammar
1 Studying
every weekend for my exams was hard
work. Adjective
2 The children are encouraged to work hard for their
uams. Adverb
1 The pupils In the college are hardly out of napp;es.
Adverb
, .
Speaking
10 .. Get 5s to (ead the questions and make a note of
their answers. Do not get them to discuss the questions
with other 5s at this stage .
11a" Read the language in the How to " . box th rough
with the class. Get them to add one more way of giving
opinions and one more way of iustifying opinions.
b. Get 5s to ask and answer the questions in Ex. 10
with as many other 5s as possible. Remind them to make
notes about the responses when asking, and to use the
language in the How to " . box when answering.
C" Tell 5s to make notes about the main findings of their
survey. Encourage them just to write notes at this stage
(as they will be writi ng them up as a more formal report in
the section that follows).
Tell 5s to look at examples 4-6 in the box.. Get them
.. worit in pairs and ex.plain the meaning of each one in
IIhrr words (not using hardly) . Get whole class feedback.
Actfve grammar
Possible answers: 4 This person had almost no sleep
~st night. 5 This person has almost no money.
6 This person rarely visits us.
.,. Get Ss to complete the sentences using hard ly and
a .erb from the box. in the correct form. Ss should check
.-ers in pairs. Then get whole class feedb ack.
hardly have
4 hardly know
1
:I
hardly said 3 hardly
5 hardly walk
Writing
12. Refer 5s to the Writing bank on page 164. Tel15s
to read the report and answer the question. 5s should
check answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
~,. Topk 3 _ Wh.t are the mosllmportant
quaUtfes of • JOOCI t",her?
• In the Writing 5kills section. Get 5s to discuss the
questions with a partner. Then get whole class feedback .
Answen: 1 Introduclns the topk of the report
:I Reportjnc on the main results of the surwy
3 Statlnc the main conclusion based on the survey
1
... Telt 5s to decide if each sentence is correct or not
_ to correct those which are wrong. After checking in
fIIirs. get whole class feedback.
3 Not
corr«t.
anything aU day.) 4 Correct 5 CorrKt
conect. (We"Ve got hardly any milk left.)
Person to person
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• • Get Ss to complete the sentences so that they are
. . for them. Then get them to compare their sentences
a partner. You could get whole class feedback by
aking two or three 5s to report back about what their
IIIrtner said .
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
In order to give Ss further speaking practice using
hord and hardly, you could get them to look again at
the three sentences in Ex. 9.
TI!:I1 them to choose one of the sentences and prl!:pare
to talk about it for about one minute. Tell them that
they can make a few notes to help them before they
start. Then get Ss to work in pairs or small groups
and to take turns to speak about their sentence for
one minute. Tell them that the emphasis is on fluency
at this point, encouraging them to continue speaking
and not to worry about mistakes they may make.
Introduction
:I
Survey results
3 Conclusion
13 .. Get 5s to work in small gro ups and to find words
or phrases in the report which might be useful in other
similar reports. Get whole class feedback.
14'" Tell 5s to choose a topic in Ex. 10 to write a report
about. Tell them to write their report in 120-140 words.
Remind them to use the paragraph plan and their notes
from Ex. 11. Encourage also to look again at the model and
the Useful Phrases box in the Writing bank on page 164.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could use this as an opportunity for 5s to look
critically but supportively at each other's writing.
Tell 5s that they are going to read each other's reports
and to comment constructively on them using the
questions below to help.
1 Is the report divided into appropriate paragraphs?
:I Is the language used, appropriately formal?
3 Are personal opinions given only in the conclusion?
Get 5s to work in pairs and to give each other their
written report to read. They should then give feedback
to each other using the questions as guidelines. Remind
them to be positive and constructive in their criticism.
Communication:
Radio phone-in
Vocabulary:
Phrasal verbs with three paris
A 'phone-in' is a radio or television programme in which you
hear ordinary people expressing opinions or asking questions
about various topics over the telephone.
tn this lesson, S5 focus on phrasal verbs with three parts,
including cotch up with, cut down on and make up for.
In this lesson, 5s listen to extracts from a radio phone· in in
which the callers talk about their problems and get advice. 5s
then get a chance to roleplay a similar radio phone-in.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss to look back at the text Tot.com on page 110
and to find two phrasal verbs with th ree parts (in the
third and last paragraph). (Answers:
put in (or.
make
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce 5s to the Idea of problems and advice. Ask
them to discuss these questions:
Q: What Is a ' Problem page' In a magazine?
Q: What kinds of problems do they typically have?
Q: Do you ever read them? Why/ Why not1
Q: Do you think th ~ are good thing or not? Why?
up for) .
Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss the meanings of
the two verbs. Remind them to use the context around
each one to help.
1" Get Ss to match the phrasal verb in italics with the
correct meanings a-j, After checking answers in pai rs, get
whole class feedback.
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sa
1" Focus Ss on the photo and get Ss to discuss the
questions. Get whole class feedback.
61 78
2a " Tell 5s they are going to liste n to extracts from a
radio phone·in. Play recording 8.10 and get Ss to answer
the question. After checking in pairs, get whole class
feedback. (You could also get Ss to match the problems
with the illustrations).
2 a . Get Ss to complete the sentences with one of the
phrasal verbs from Ex. 1 in the correct form. Ss check in
pairs, but do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
b .. Play recording 8.9 and get Ss to check thei r answers_
Get whole class feedback if necessary.
Answers: 1 5he doesn't understand why a man at WCKk
has started avoktln, her. 2 A ma,lthon runner has
lost her confldence. 3 He doesn'l understand why he
hasn't been promoted at work.
MIwtrs: 1 cut down on 2 set ..ay wi", 3 looking
forward to 4 put up with 5 keeping up with
6 put In for 7 come up with 8 made up for 9 look
up to 10 catch up with
b .. Play recording 8.10 again and get 5s to decide what
advice they would give each caller and why. 5s should
discuss their answers in pairs. Then get class feedback.
C " Play recording 8 ,9 again and get Ss to decide which
part of the phrasal verb is stressed. After checki ng in
pairs, get whole class feedback.
AnIwIr: The second part of each phrasal verb Is stressed.
3 a .. Read the sentences through with the class. Then
get Ss to discuss the question in pairs. Get whole class
feedback.
Answers:
1 and
6 are correct
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3" Get 5s to work in pairs or small groups and discuss
the questions. Get whole class feedback.
4a .. Divide the class into Student As and Student Bs.
Get them to decide on some Interesting problems for a
radio phone·ln. Encourage Ss to be imaginative and not
take it too seriously.
b .. Get Ss to work in pairs (one A and one B) and to take
turns to roleplay phoning a radio phone·i n programme
and asking for advice. You could get one or two pairs to
act out their roleplays in front of the class at the end.
b"
Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
Answer. The three parts of three-part phrasal verbs are
Inseparable.
4"
Get Ss to discuss the questions In small groups.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get Ss to work in pairs and give them a dictionary.
Tell them to find two more phrasal verbs with three
parts and to write down the meaning and an example
sentence. Then get Ss to teU other 5s their verbs with
the meanings and example sentences. Get whole
class feedback and write the new verbs on the board.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
If you did the optional warmer, remind 5s about
problem pages in magazines. If you didn't, you could
have a short discussion about them now,
Then get 5s to choose one of the problems they heard
In Ex. 2 or talked about in El(. '+ and to write a short
letter to a problem page about their problem, They
then give their letter to another student.
5s read the letter they have been given and write a
reply, as If they are the 'agony aunt' at the magazine.
Finally get them to give the reply to the relevant
student who reads the letter and discusses how they
feel about the advice they have been given.
.Beview and p ractioe
Answers:
1 I'd
Notes tor using the Common
European Framewor k (CEF)
better go to the shops now before
they dose. 2 Would you rather I didn't say anything
to your boss? J Correct. 4 I'd rather not work this
weekend if at all possible. 5 Had you better take a
ra incoat in case it rains? 6 Correct. 7 What's that
smell? I thInk It's lime you got the cake out of the
aYen. 8 I'd rather take just hand luggage on the plane
than a large suitcase.
Aftswers: 1 Tony asked me if I would like to play tennis
this/ that weekend. 2 They told me the best time
to visit Egypt was in January or february. 3 Helen
said she didn't kn ow what time the firework display
started. 4 He asked me when I wanted to go and
SH the london Eye. 5 My boss told me I had to
make a presentation at the Sales conference next
March. 6 The newspaper said one of our athletes had
failed a drugs test.
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Answers: t to do 2 to me
S us 6 to go 7 being
Answers: t hard
S Hardly 6 hard
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~rs : t
8.1 Can do: describe different types of people
CEF 82 destriptor: Can give clear, detailed descriptions
on a wide range of subjects related to his/ her field of
i nterest. (CEF page 59)
8.2 Can do: report and describe what people say to you
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CEF Refer ences
2
hardly
3 to sell
4 taking
3 hardly
4 hard
attention 2 opinionated 3 ecstatic
.. succeeded 5 forward 6 outgoing 7 scratch
8 headstrong
CEF 82 descriptor: Can plan what is to be said and the
means to say it. considering the effect on the recipient(s).
(CEF page 64)
8.] Can do: write a report of survey findings
CEF 8 2 descri ptor: Can synthesise information and
arguments from a number of sources. (CEF page 62)
CEF quick br ief
The Common European Framework suggests that learners
need more than language knowledge to communicate
successfully in a language. They also need 'communicative
competences' which empower the learner to actually use
their knowledge. The How to boxes in Total English are
designed to develop communicative competences .
Portfolio task
Downlood the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longmon.com..totolenglish.
Objective: to reinforce student autonomy in updating the
Portfolio .
This task can be done in 5s' Lt .
1 . For homework, ask 5s to update the Passport section
of their Portfol io. They might like to reassess their abilities
in the different skills areas or add to their list of language
learning and intercultural experiences.
2 . Ask 5s to bring their Passport sections in and show
them to other 5s.
IlI!I
Overview
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:vo.........~, law and Insurance
:c... do".II. funnv .....,
~I~:::~:~~;:moda::1s
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of deductions (JrIustl
adjectives
do: speculate about past events
cia .....
Lead-in
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce 5s to the topic of crime by asking them to
discuss the following questions.
Q: How many TV programmes about crime can you
name?
Q: Do you like crime dramas on TV or films about
crimes? Why/ Why not? Which are your bvourftes?
Q: Why do you think crime dramas and films are so
popular?
1a" Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss the
qu estion in pairs. Get b~ef whole class feedback.
b ~ Read through the columns and example words
with the class, making sure Ss understand all the words.
Get them to work in pairs and think of more words and
expressions connected with crime and the law. Get whole
class feedback and write the new words on the board.
Summary
lesson 1; 55 listen to a story about a crime involving cigars.
They also read some stories about strange crimes and tell
stories to each other using pictures.
Lesson 2: Ss read/hear about two mysterious crimes and
speculate about what might have happened.
Lesson 3: Ss read an article about the character Sherlock
Holmes and how he was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
They listen to an interview with an American man whose
parents named him Sherlock Holmes after the famous
,detective. Ss also write an article.
Vocabulary: Ss focus on the language used in newspaper
headlines includ ing quit, blast. riddle and plea.
Communication: 5s read and try to solve six lateral thinking
puzzles by discussing their ideas with other 5s.
Film bank: The Bullion Robbery U '20")
An extract from the classic comedy film The Lavender
Hill Mob, made in the UK in 1951. Mr Holland, (played
by Alec Guinness) dreams of being rich. For twenty
years, he has worked faithfully for a bank delivering
gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury, and
they hatch a plan to smuggle gold from England to
France by forging It into harmless·looking lOy Eiffel
Towers. They convince professional criminals l ackery
and Shorty to join them and together they plot their
crime,leading to unexpected twists and turns.
Possible places to use th is short film are:
~ After lesso n 1 to extend the topic of strange
crimes.
~ At the end of the unit to round up the topic and
language.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 160 and Teacher's Book page 186.
2 ~ Read through the headlines with the class. Get Ss
to work in pairs and to explain the headlines to each
other. Give them dictionaries if necessary. You may want
to remind them that newspaper headlines are written
in a particular way (we miss out words and use slightly
different vocabulary sometimes). The vocabulary page
will focus further on the language used in newspaper
headlines. Get whole class feed back.
Answers: t A Member of Parliament for the area
of the newspaper has been stopped by police for
driving above the speed limit. 2 Crime connected
to the Internet has Increased by 50%. 3 A report
has strongly critic.i$@d prisons for hold ins too many
prisoners. It Witnesses in a case of someone
accused of fraud have been threatened. This has led
to confusion over the Mure of the trial 5 A teacher
was involved in an an8J'Y exchanse with another car
driver. He/ She has been given a sentence which he/ she
will have to do If he commits another crime. 6 An
enthusiastic police officer has given out more flnes than
any other police officer.
3" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feed back about their ideas.
EXTEND THE LEAD·IN
You could continue the dIscussIon about crime by
asking Ss to discuss these questions:
Q: What are some different ways of punishing people
who commit crimes?
Q: How do you think society can prevent people from
commlttlns crimes?
Q: What do you think should be done to Improve the
crime situation In your area?
Q: Do you think society In senetat is becoming more
violent? Why do you think this Is?
I 9.1 Legal madness
Ss listen to a true story about a crime involving cigars. The
s:.ory is based on lega l 'loopholes', A loophole is a small
ake in the law that makes it possible to avoid doing
1iO!'I'K!:thing that the law is supposed to make you do. In this
story. actions which could be classed as crimes are legally
.wwed as innocent and seemingly innocent actions are
ttplly viewed as crimes. The result is an absurdly comical
SfOfy
totally based on the truth.
:er focussing on the grammar of sequencing devices
jog + oed and After + -;ng), 55 tell each other stories
MSed on picture stories about crimes which went wrong.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these words on the board. (All the words are
from the vocabulary in Ex. 1).
insuronce premium {roud to file 0 claim
co sue someone to guorantee on appeal arson
co convict someone of to sentence someone to
• Get Ss to work in pairs and tell each other the
tlNnings of any of the words/ phrases that they know. Do
. . give them dictionaries at this stage. Get whole class
Wdback about their ideas but do not accept or reject any
tltheir ideas at this stage.
1. Get 5s to match the words / phrases 1- 10 with the
.-propriate definitions a-j. If you did the optional wa rmer,
III 5s to check which ones they got correct. Get whole
dass feedback.
e ,a
lC2b3 i 41S f 6 h 7j
lad
. . . Get 5s to complete the sentences with the words/
IIInses from Ex. t in the correct form. 5s should check in
JIiIIfS. but do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
, . ptay recording 9.1 and get 5s to check their answers.
5et whole class feedback if necessary.
t sue 2 sentenced 3 appeal
Iftmlum S convicted 6 insurance
....,...mee 8 arson 9 filed 10 fraud
• • Get Ss to discuss the Questions in small groups. Get
-.ole class feedback about their ideas.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could extend the discussion (in Ex. 3) by asking
Ss to discuss some or all of the questions below in
pairs or small groups.
Q; When was the last time you saw a film or
television drllma about crime? What was It about?
Q; Choose one film or television drama about crime
that you've seen and describe what happens. Use
some of the vocabulary from Ex. 1 and from the lead·
in pap.
Listening
4a .
Focus 5s on the picture of a man smoking cigars.
TeU them that they are going to listen to a story about a
crime involving cigars. Get 5s to work with a partner and
suggest what the story might be using as many of the
words in Ex. 1 as possible. Get whole class feedback about
their ideas but do not accept or reject any of their ideas at
this stage •
b. Play recording 9.2 and get 5s to compare their ideas
with the actual story. 5s should check In pairs what the
actual story was and how similar/ different it was from
theirs. Get whole class feed back.
:; to Get 5s to read the sentences quickly to themselves.
Then play recording 9.2 again and get 5s to put the
sentences In the correct order. After checking in pairs, get
whole class feedback.
Answers: 9 A lawyer buys some rare cigars. 7 He
Insures the cigars against fire. 5 He smokes
the cigars. 3 He makes a claim against the
Insurance company. 2 The Insurance company
refuses to pay. 8 The lawyer sues the Insurance
company. 6 The Insurance company pays the
lawyer. 1 The lawyer Is arrested. <\ The lawyer Is
sentenced to jail
6a.
Read the expressions through with the class.
Play record ing 9.2 again and get 5s to say which of the
expressions they hear. Get whole class feedback.
Answrs: Go an; The way It goes Is thai: Fair enough;
What an earth for?: You're klddlnsl; Cross my heart
b. Tell 5s to find the expressions in the tapescript
on page 174 and get them to work In small groups and
discuss the meanings of each one. Remind them to
use the context arou nd the expression to help with the
meaning. Get whole class feedback.
~ Go on . • Continue with the story/ what
you were saying. T~ way It gGf!S Is that ... - This is
how the slory goes ._ Folr enough. - That sounds
reasonable and fair 10 me• Whot on earth for? - I
can't understand that! What for?! You're klddlng! You're joking./you must be joking. Cross my heart. I promise.
OPTIONAL EXTE NSION
You could get Ss to do some more work with the
expressions in Ex. 6.
First play recording 9.2 again and get 5s to repea t
the expressions focussing on the pronunciation .
Then get them to work in pairs and choose three
of the expressions. Get them to tell a story to each
other (it could be true or made up) using the three
expressions. You could then get them to change pairs
and tell their story to other 5s.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You might want to elrtend the topic of strange laws
and loopholes in the law. If you have access 10 the
8" Get Ss to complete the sentences by writing the
correct form of a verb from the box. After checking in pairs,
get whole class feedback.
Internet, you could get Ss to do some research either
__ en:
1 goin,
5 won 6 staylnl
Individually or in pairs. They could choose one of the
following topIcs and then report back to the class.
1
Strange laws In my country.
2
Strange laws from throughout the world.
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PfOIIIised 3 dol"l .. read
9a .... Tell Ss to think about three things that happened
4 Strange laws about food.
to them last week and what they did after each one. You
might wa nt to read the example in Ex. 9b through with the
class at this stage.
You could tell them the examples of strange laws
b ....
3 Strange laws about clothes.
below to get them started:
• You may not have an Ice cream cone in your back
pocket at any time. (USA)
• Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday.
(Switzerland)
Get Ss to work in pairs and tell each other the first of
the things they did. Their partner should try to guess what
they did next. Remind them to tell each other if they were
correct or not.
Speaking and-reading
• Hitting a vending machine thai stole your money is
Illegal. (USA)
OPTIONAL WARMER
• A man may be arrested for wearIng a skirt. (Italy)
Tell Ss that they are going 10 look at stories about
stupid criminals and crimes that went wrong. Get
them to work In pairs or small groups and brainstorm
different ways in which different crimes could go
wrong for the criminal. You may want to give them a
time limit (e.g. two minutes). Get Ss to report back
their ideas to the class.
• Only licensed electrIcians may change a light bulb.
(Australia)
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Get Ss to complete this sentence from the listening,
from memory if possible. (If not, get them to find it in
the lapescript).
.,-_ _ _ the cheque, the lawyer was arrested.
(Answer: After cashing ...J
Then, get Ss to complete this sentence so that it
means the same as the sentence above.
Hoving _ _ the cheque, the lawyer was arrested.
(Answer: ... cashed ... )
TeU Ss that they are both sequencing devices (ways of
showing the order of events.)
7a" Tell Ss to look at the sentences in the Active
grammar box. (They are the same sentences used in
the optional grammar lead·in). Get Ss to complete the
slructures A and B in the box by writing the correct part
of speech for each one. Ss should check in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
10 .... Get Ss to work in pairs and tell them that they are
going to look at two picture stories about stupid criminals
and crimes that went wrong. Tell Student As to look at
the pictures for story 1 on page 120 and Student Bs to
look at the pictures for story 2 on page 151. Tell them that
the pictures make a story (in the correct order) and they
should work out the story with their partner.
11.... Tell Ss to read the story which goes with their
picture story to check if thei r ideas were correct or not.
Student As should read the story on page 149 and Student
Bs should read the story on page 120.
12a .... Tell Ss to prepare to tell their story to another
student. Get them to use the language in the How to ...
box to help, but remind them to adapt the language for
their particular story.
b ....
Get Ss to work in pairs with one A and one B. Tell
them to show each other their picture stories and to tell
their stories. Remind them to include the structures with
Hoving. past participle and After. present participle as
appropriate.
Active grammar
A: Hoving. past participle
B: After. gerund
b .... Get Ss to discuss the question in pairs, reminding
them Ihat both these constructions are sequencing
devices (ways of showing the order of events.) Get whole
class feedback.
AI••••: CIaUM 1 comes first In the order of events.
II
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You (ould get Ss to write one of the stories in their
own words without looking at the text. They could then
compare their version with the text and check how
much Is similar and if they have missed anything out.
••81"- a
~I_ _ _ _...
:nis lesson. Ss hear/ read about two crimes. The first is
,crime which happened near Cambridge, UK In 200S. A
puter software engineer caught a burglar red·handed
-"'!en he set up a webcam and turned his own PC Into a
sophisticated surveillance system. He even worked out how
obtain the pictures if. as it turned out was the case, the
f siole Ihe webcam and computer itselr. The second crime
Active grammar
A Use might hove + past participle to say that you
think something is possible In the past.
B Use can't have ... past participle to say that you
think something is not possible In the past.
C Use must have ... past partiCiple to say that you are
certain about something In the past.
15 the mysterious case of 0.8. Cooper on a night to Seattle,
.J5A in 1971. He hijacked the plane and demanded $200,000
Md four parachutes. Then, after apparently parachuting out
fI the plane. was never seen again. No trace has ever been
4. Get Ss to choose the correct alternative in each
bond of him or the money and he has now entered history
lOOks as an authentic American legend. For mort! information
IDOUt the O.B. Cooper mystery, go to: www.crlmelibrary.com /
inaLmind/scams/ OB_Cooper
AnIwIrs: I can't 2 mlsht 3 must 4 can't
5 mlJht 6 must 7 must 8 can't
55 listen to the story of the 'webcam burglar' and focus on the
If1Immar of past modals of deduction (must,might,tan'r have
AlrM), speculating about what could have happened. Ss then
-..d about the crime and mystery surrounding O.B. Cooper
_ discuss their reactions to the story, again speculating
~ the various mysterious elements In the story.
sentence. After checking answers in pairs, get whole class
fee dback.
ria . TeU Ss to complete the sentences using must/
might/can't hove and an appropriate word from the bo....
5s should check their answers in pairs but do not get
whole class feedback at this stage.
b ... Play recording 9.4 and get 5s to check their answers.
Tell 5s to pay attention to the pronunciation of must/
might/ can't hove while they are listening and answer the
question. Get whole class feedback.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Introduce Ss to the topic of home security.
TeU 5s to look at these words: guard dog, security
camero, caretaker, and say what they have in common
(Answer: they are related to the theme of home
security - aU ways of protecting your home/ property).
Check 5s understand all the words.
Then ask them to work in pairs and continue the list,
~dlng more ways of protecting your home against
burgtars and intruders. You could ask which ones Ss
have personal experience of.
(Possible answers: burglar alarms, remote·controlled
gates, combination locks, padlocks, deadlocks,
window locks, door chains, window bars and grilles,
shutters, peepholes, CCTV/video surveillance)
Grammar
~.~ 1
misht have been a
can't have forJotten
3 misht have sane 4 mUlt hive told 5 can't
have spent 6 must have 11ft 7 can't have
nnlshed 8 mlsht have dropped how is pronounced
IS. welk form /:Jvl
6. Tell Ss to think back to the story in the photos in
Ex. t. Briefly, get them to discuss how they think the
police found the photos. Then play recording 9.5 and get
5s to check their ideas. Get whole class feedback.
AMwIfI: Duncan Grisby (the homeowner) had set up
• webeam which stilted recordlns when il detected
mowment.nd then sent the pictures .utomatically to I
prlYate email address.
Vocabulary
1'IIwfe is no optional grammar lead·in here because the
.."mar comes directly from the photos and the listening
Us. t and 2.
OPTIONAL VOCABULARY LEAD-IN
1.
minute single last minded
• • Play re<ording 9.3 and tell 5s to answer the
etfStion . 5s should check answers in pairs. Then get
~e class feedback.
Ask 5s to make two new adjectives by combining them .
(Answers: single·mlnded; last·mlnute). Check that 5s
understand the meanings (Answers: slngle·mlnded
_ fO(ussed and determined; last·minute . the latest
possible time before something happens). Elicit/ tell 5s
that they are called compound adjectives (made up of
two parts).
Focus Ss on the photos and ask them to discuss the
etfStion. Get whole class feedback about their ideas but
• not accept or reject any of their Ideas at this stage.
-.
Someone Is stealing computer equipment
a.
Get 5s to read the examples 1-3 in the Active
IRmmar box and complete rules A-C. Ss should check in
·rs. Then get whole class feedback.
Write these words on the board randomly:
7'" Get Ss to combine a word from colum n A with a word
from column B to make compound adjectives. Give them
dictionaries to help if necessary and get them to check
answers in pairs. Then get whole class feed bac k.
AftIwets: 1 ~ngte-mlnded 2 oftHfay 3 middleaged "Ieft·handed S horne-mede 6 lastminute 7 part-time 8 so-called 9 tJme.consumlna
10 brand-new
8a ... Get Ss to complete the sentences with the
compound adjectives from Ex. 7. Ss should check answers
in pairs but do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
_tllrs.:
1211>- Tell Ss to read the article again and answer the
questions. After checking answers in pairs. get whole
class feedback.
AlIt" ••:
1 A briefcase. 2 $200,000 and four parKhutes by
sp.m. ] Because of his slnste-mlnded behaviour.
4 A few minutes after 7.3OPm. 5 At 8.12pm.
6 Because they flew too fast. 7 federal agents and
Army troops. 8 A Wltertoged bal contalnina 294
mouldy $20 notes. 9 It was the first 'skyjacking"
for money. No one was hurt and the skyjacker Just
disappeared under the noses of the FBI. 10 There
have been thre books. • play. a 81m•• sonl .nd
thousands of 0.8. Cooper bars and restlutlnts. There
Is also an annual 'DB Cooper Days festival'lncludlnl
• O.B. Cooper look-atlke contest and hatf-a-dozen
parachutists make • jump.
Answers: 1 brand-new 2 middle-aged 3 singleminded 4 one-way 5 lime-c:onsumlng 6 last·
minute 7 left·handed 8 so-c:alled 9 part-time
10 home-made
9'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in small groups. Get
whole class feedback by asking each group to report back
about the most interesting point they discussed.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You (ould get Ss to find and learn some more
compound adjectives. Divide the ctass Into Groups A
and B. Group A should look at list A below and Group
B should look at list 8 . Get them to use dictionaries
to find the compound adjectives given, chec.king the
meaning and pronunciation. Tell them to write an
example sentence for each too.
A: blg·heoded; two-toced; weI/-off, sugar-free
B: self-centred; absent-minded; hard-Up; off-peak
Then regroup Ss into pairs (one A and one B). Tell
them to teach each other their adjectives, focussing
on meaning and pronunciation and giving their
partner an example sentence.
Reading
OPTIONAL WARMER
You could get Ss to speculate about the story of
O.B. Cooper before they read it. Tell them the story Is
a mystery about a man called O.B. Cooper who stole
$200,000 and who was never caught. Tell them the story
includes the words: briefcase. flight attendant. parachutes,
waterlogged bag. submarine.
Get Ss to work in pairs or small groups and to discuss what
they think the story might be. Get whole class feedback
but do not accept or reject any ideas at this stage.
1011>- Tell Ss to work in pairs and to discuss the question.
Check that they can say the amount of money correctly
($200,000"" two hundred thousand dollars) . Get whole
class feedback about their ideas.
1111>- Get Ss to read the article quickly and tell them
to briefly summarise how O.B. Cooper managed to steal
$200,000. Remind them not to worry about understanding
all the details at this stage. Ss should check their answers
in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
--II
He sot on a plane and persuaded I fUlht
attendant M was carryfns a bomb. He demanded ~
ud parachutes and then jumped out of the p&ine.
13" TeU 5s to find three compound adjectives in the
text. (They are all from Ex. 7). Get whole class feedback.
I
AMwlrs: mlddte--apd; one-way; sllIJIe-mlnded
14" Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback about their ideas.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could use the text to do some further work on
numbers.
Get Ss to find and underline all the different numbers
in the text (times. amounts of money, night numbers).
Get whole class feedback and write them on the
board. (Answers below). Then ask Ss to work in pairs
and check with each other how to say each of the
numbers. Get whole class feedback.
(Answers:
2pm '" two p m; 24th November 1971 '" the twenty
fourth of November nineteen seventy one; 0 120 note
'" a twenty dollar note
Flight 305'" three oh five; $200,000 - two hundred
thousand dollars; 10,000 feet'" ten thousand feet;
7.30pm '" seven thirty p m; 8.12pm '" eight twelve
pm; F-J06 fighterplones - one 0 six
Boeing 727 '" seven two seven; 1980 - nineteen
eighty; 294 '" two hundred and ninety four; $20 notes
'" twenty dollar notes)
Ss could then practise saying more numbers by
writing a list of a variety of types of numbers and
asking another student to say them correctly.
I
••8 Sherlock or not?
Y Arthur Conan Doyle published the first Sherlock Holmes
Sb'y in 1887. The popularity of the character grew rapidly as
... appeared in an ongoing series of self·contained stories.
Soon people loved Holmes so much that they refused
Answtrs: 1 Professor - student
2 UnNerstty of Edinburgh Medical School
1 'IBn 4 playtng sport 5 blrd·watchlng
6 tattoos 7 hands S 1887 9 Saker Street and
5(ottand Yard
• oelieve he wasn't a real person; letters addressed to
3" Tell Ss to work together and read the text again
"5ntrlock Holmes, Consulting Detective' arrived daily al
Z2\.I) Baker Street, each begging him to take on a feal case.
gh Holmes is, of course, a fictional character he was
-.rtY based on a feal person. Dr Joseph Bell, the man who
M.?Ued Ihe character of Sherlock Holmes shared many
ies with the famous detective. Conan Doyle met Dr BeU
~77 at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. For
information go to www.sherlock·holmes.co.uk
to find words that mean each of the definitions given.
Remind them that the paragraph numbers are given and
they should look at the co ntext of the se ntence to check
their ideas. Get whole class feedback.
,,""netica, there is a man whose parents were so keen on
h<1ock Holmes as a character and a phenomenon, that they
....-ltd their son after him. 'Sherlock Holmes', who likes to be
caRd Holmes, is also a huge fan of the books and collects
• sons of 'Sherlockiana'. He says he gets many different
..mons to his name: from general surprise to people who
~ ~otally convinced he is the real detective.
4 .... Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback about their ideas.
• lesson. Ss re ad an article about the character Sherlock
s and how he was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
being inspired by his professor Dr Joseph Bell. Ss then
tIc..:s on the grammar of relative clauses (both defining and
.....fining) . Ss also listen to an interview with the American
~ whose parents named him Sherlock Holmes after the
~s detective. They finish by writing an article .
*'
AM_I: 1 to Inspire 2 brilliant
4 an Innovation 5 to bel
3' ward
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get your Ss to read a Sherlock Holmes
story and then write a short review or give a short
presentation to the class about it. There are several
Sherlock Holmes stories in the Penguin Readers
series. The most appropriate for this level are:
Sherlock Holmes short stories (level 5 - Upper
Intermediate) and Three adventures of Sherlock
Holmes (Ievel,+ - Intermediate).
Grammar
OPTIONAL WARMER
kltroduce Ss to the topIc of detective stories. Write
the word 'Whodunit' on the board and ask Ss to
discuss what it is. (Answer: Whodunit '" 'who done it'
..cI is another way of describing a detective story or a
urder mystery book.)
Ask Ss to discuss these questions:
Q; Do you like re.dlng 'whodunits'? Why / Why not?
Q; CIIn you n.me any . uthors or characters of famous
_ectlve books? (Most famous ones are: Sherlock
.... mes/ Sir Arthur (onan Doyle; Ag.tha Christie;
llercule Polrot.) Which Is your favourite ? Why?
Q; Why do you think murder mystery books are so
..,ular?
.-ding
. ..
Focus Ss on the photo and get Ss to discuss the
in pairs. Get whole class feedback but do not
.upt or re ject their ideas at this stage •
~ns
... Tell Ss to read the text quickly and check their
-.ers. Ss should check their answers in pairs. Then. get
class feedback.
2 No. he Is • fictional character (but he was
by. real person) 3 He is famous for belns a
detective In the stories by Arthur Conan Doyte.
the first book In
z.
Get Ss to read the text agai n and complete the
. Ss should check answers in pairs. Then get whole
;:ass feedback.
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write these two sentences on the boa rd and ask Ss
to discuss with a partner the dIfference In meaning
between them.
1
The book which I read yesterday was fantastic.
2
The book, which I read yesterday. was fantastic.
(Answer: Sentence 1 is referring to a specific book
which I read yesterday. The informa tion 'which I read
yesterday' is crucial to defining which book we are
talking about.
Sentence 2 is referring to a book wh ich we both
already know about and the fact that I read it
yesterday is additional but not essential information
about it.)
You could elicit/ tell Ss what these types of clauses
are called. (Answers: t = a defining relative clause; 2
= a non-defining relative clause)
:S .. Tell Ss to read the information In the Active grammar
box and decide which of the examples 1-5 contain
'defining relative clauses' and which contain ' non·defining
relative clauses' . Ss should check answers in pairs. Then,
get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
1
Defining
2
Non-defining
3 Defining
'+ Non-defining 5 Non-defining
'.l.".
6'" Get Ss to join the pairs of sentences to make one
sentence. Remind them to think about the use of commas
and read the example through with the class to get them
going. After checking in pairs, get whole class feedback.
AnIwIrs: 1 John, who has been my best friend since
school. Is helpins me to start a new business. 2 My
currenl ftat. which 1\Ie been In for a couple of years,
needs redecoratlns. 3 Tlmsln, whose parents
MlllJlIled to Australia last year, Is golns there for the
winter. "My nelpbour, who I've always liked, has
given me his old computer. S The family It the end of
the rold, whose dog barks constantly, are thlnklns of
moving. 6 TInl's car, which she's had for years, Is up
for sale.
7'" Ask Ss to complete the sentences In a way that
makes sense. Tell them that there is no one ri ght answer
and ask them to compare their sentences with another
student. Get whole class feedback.
PossI.... answers: 1 Where Ire the teans which you
wanted me to menci? 2 That's the pop star who said
we should increase ald to AfrIca. 3 She's the little
girt whose bike was stolen. If I'd like to find a place
where I an set a good cup of coffee. S I think that's
the couple whose car Is blocking my drive. 6 We
went to a shop where they had some amazing
Jewellery. 7 Wasn't It your father who was on the TV
news last night? 8 She bought the mobile phone
which was on sale because it was last year's model.
Person to person
8 ... Read the example and the three starter sentences
through with the class. Get Ss to tell each other three
interesting things about themselves starting with the
words given. Get whole class feedback by asking three or
fou r Ss to report back about their partner.
Listening
9a'"
Tell Ss that they are going to listen to an interview
with an ordinary American man whose name is 'Sherlock
Holmes'. First, get them to discuss the Questions in pairs.
Get whole class feedback about their ideas but do not
accept or reject their ideas at this stage.
b... Play recording 9.6 and get Ss to check their ideas.
After discussing in pairs, get whole class feedback.
AMwNn: 1 BKause his parents were great fans of the
orialnal Conan Doyte stories. 2 People don't forpt
you. People make funny comments. People think you
can solve mysteries.
10'" Play recording 9.6 again and get Ss to explain the
Significance of the things in the list. Ss should check their
answers in pairs. Then, get whole class feedback.
s: 1 This Is what the American Shertodr. Holmes
likes to be called. 2 His parents were great fans of
these. 3 Shertock Holmes was his parents' favourite
IlterafY figure. 4 This Is what people sometimes
ask him when they're trying to be funny.
thmk he can explain what TV magicians do. 6 This Is
someone who asked him to Map find her son. 7 This
is how much the son had taken from his woltt to help
him start his new life. S This Is what he used to look
for clues In the house of his frlencfs SOR.
5_-
11'" Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. If possible, get Ss to move around and talk to
as many other S5 as they can . Get whole class feedback,
comparing different opinions in the class.
Writing
-
12'" Refer Ss to the Writing Bank on page 164. Tell
Ss to read the article which is based on the interview
with Sherlock Holmes in Ex. 9. and find five differences
between the article and the interview. Ss should check
their answers in pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
AnIwtrs: 1 He prefers to be called 'Holmes' not
'Sherlock'. 2 They didn't always know they were
going to give him this name. They discussed a number
of possible first names. 3 He didn't get angry about
people's reactions to his name early on. " He's never
been Interested In magic. S The police didn't call him
- It was the mother of an old family friend.
•
In the Writing Skill section: Get Ss to work with a
partner. Tell them to look at the underlined words in the
text and say what each one refers to. Get whole class
feedback.
AnswIrs: 1 'In the heart of the USA'
2 his parents
3 the name 'Shertock Holmes' " his name S ashop
assistant 6 the poUce
... Ask Ss to discuss the question in Ex. 2b in pairs. Then
get whole class feedback.
AM-= Referencinl words Improve a text by maid",
It flow cohesively without the need for SO much
repetition.
13'" Tell Ss that they are going to write an article about
a famous crime. Focus Ss on the photos and tell them they
are gOing to listen to a description of how Nick Leeson
(the man in the photos) broke the Barings Investment
Bank. Play recording 9.7 and get Ss to make notes about
the story. Get Ss to follow the instructions and write their
article.
OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE
Ss do not need to write the artide about Nick Leeson
and Sarings Sank if they know enough Information
about another famous crime to write about.
Vooabulary:
. . .ap.aper headlines
:rus lesson. Ss focus on the language used in newspaper
CllHdlines which arl! usually made short to fit them on the
~ and to create more impact. To achieve this, headlines
.-...en miss oul words (e.g. articles. pronouns) and use slightly
rent vocabulary such as quit and plea.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write headline on the board. Make sure Ss understand
what 11 means. Get 55, in pairs. 10 write a list of as
many words starting with, the word 'head' as they can
in two minutes. Gel class feedback. Write the words on
the board and make sure 55 understand them. (E.g.:
Iwod/ng. headache, headlong. headquarters, headstrong,
heoddress. headfirst. headhunt. headset. headmaster.
headphones. headstand, heodscorf)
1 . Get 55 to discuss the questions in paIrs. Get brief
class feedback about their opinions.
. .. Explain that headlines often use Slightly different
.abulary, especially shorter words for more Impact. Get
Ss. in pairs, to match the words 1-12 (from headlines) with
. . meanings a--{ using dictionaries if necessary.
tk
2f 31
4h
5c 61 7d 81
, sob Ite ua
.... Ask 5s to discuss. in pairs. what they think the two
-..dUnes at the top of the page mean. Get class feedback.
1 A well·known Hollywood ,(lor has
Invotved in a tense situation in II blink. maybe
2 The Prime Minister's diaries have
and no one knows why.
3 " Get Ss to choose the most likely alternative in each
tlNdUne. After checking in pairs, get ctass feedback.
~ .. Ask Ss to discuss the questions in small groups.
Then gel whole class feedback .
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get Ss to look at an English newspaper (In a library.
online or buy one) and to choose some headlines
and/ or an article which caught their eye and to
e"'plain to the class what they found Interesting about
them. (They could prepare a short summary of what
the article is about.)
Communication:
Mind benders
Lateral thinking puzzles are stories in which you have some
basic clues to a realistic scenario, but the clues don't tell
the futl story. You need to work out the full story using
problem·solving that involves looking at the situation from
une... pected angles. You need to think 'outslde the bo...•. For
more lateral thinking puzzles. go to: eluzlons.com
In Ihis lesson, 5s work on trying to solve si... lateral thinking
puzzles by discussing their Ideas with other 5s. They get
the chance to read the actual answers to each puzzle .
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these different types of puzzles on the board
and ask 5s to e...plain to each other what they are.
crossword. sudoku. wordsearch. laterol thinking
puzzle, jigsaw puzzle. anagrom
Ask Ss to discuss the following questions:
Q: Can you add any more types of puule to the list?
Q: Which are your favourite types of puule7 Why?
1" Tell Ss that they are goi ng to try to so lve si... lateral
thinking puzzles. Get them to follow instructions 1-3. You
could then get 55 to change partners and share their ideas
again.
2 " Get 5s to choose the one puzzle that they are most
1 Key
2 UK
3 blaze
• bIIck
6 dash 7 bids ~ 8 quits
.. .. Get 5s to look at the headlines and discuss the
~ions in pairs. Remind them to justify their opi nions.
6ft class feedback by asking each pair which headlines
-.ry would most/ least be interested in reading and why.
1 Exported pds have Increased as the
of • cut In Inteft'Sll'ltes. 2 Aprtnc.e and a fuhktn
. . JOins 10 let married. 3 Someone who works
-:~:=~.Iis taIUns them to court betiluse of sex
~
:
• Manchester United football team have
In a tournament. 5 An MP has been inYOlwd
a
~: ~~::some
way. 6 There is mystery surroundl.,.
by Van Gogh. 7 Someone who worked as II
BUCkingham Palace has reslped. 8 Cape Town
Ittemptlnl to be the hosl for the next Olympic Games.
9 A bomb has exploded in northern India. 10 TMre has
been I problem with fe<ordlng the votes In an etectton In
CaUfor1M. Some may have been stofer! or changed.
interested in and read the e"'planation on the appropriate
page. Remind them not to tell each other the e...planation
at Ihls stage. Get 5s to follow Instructions 1-3.
1 Tell them to write two Yes/ No questions about each of
the other five puzzles.
2 Get 5s to ask each other the questions. Encourage
them to answer only 'yes' or 'no' and not to give any more
inrormation away at this stage.
1 Get Ss to work with other Ss and to try to solve the
puzzles again using their additional information •
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Get Ss to find a puzzle (in a book or on the tnternet)
or create one themselves. E.g. they could make a
wordsearch using vocabulary from this unit.
Notes for using the Common
European Framework (CEF)
Review and practice
Answers: 1 After travelling/ Having travelled fo r hours
to get to the village. she thought she should stay there
fo r at least a couple of days.
2
After seeing/Having
seen his neighbour struggling with a lot of heavy bags,
he offered 10 help her. 3 After coming/ Having come
first in her university exams, she was approached by
a top firm of lawyers. 4 After taking / Having laken
home an injured cat she had found by the side of the
road, she felt she had to keep it. 5 After seei ngl
Having seen a young man take 11 CD without paying,
he told the security staff. 6 After speaking / Having
spoken to his father. he told his boss he wanted a
raise. 7 After getting/ Having got a long leiter from
their cousin, they decided to go and see him.
CEF References
9.1 (an do: tell a funny story
CEF 82 descriptor: Can give clear. systematically
developed descriptions and presentations, with
appropriate highlighting of significant points. and rele vant
supporting detail. (CEF page 58)
9.2. Can do: speculate about past events
CEF B2 descriptor: Can account for and sustain his/ her
opinions in discussion by providing relevant explanations.
arguments and comments. (CEF page 77)
9.3 Can do: write an artide~
An swers: 1 He might have stayed late at the office.
2 I can't have left my gloves in the car. 3 She
must have shown me her holiday photos at least ten
times. 4 She can't have finished all her homework
already. 5 They must have been really pleased to win
the competition. 6 My leiter might have got lost in
the post.
Answers: 1 No commas necessary. 2 I'm going
to spend a few days in Seville, where I fi rst met
Raque!. 3 No commas necessary. 4 No commas
necessary. 5 We decided to stay at the Regina Hotel,
which some friends had recommended to us. 6 Tim,
whose job involves a lot of travelling, has offered to let
us use his flat for a few weeks.
CEF 82. descript or: Can write dear, detailed texts on a
variety of su bjects related to his/ her field of interest,
synthesising and evaluating information and arguments
from a number of sources. (CEF page 61)
CEF quick brief
There are hundreds of Can do statements in the Common
European Framework. which can make it difficult for a
learner to assess their level. To simplify matters The
CEF contains a 'self·assessment grid' containing brief
descriptions of what a learner Can do at each of the six
major levels. This grid is in the Total English Portfolio.
Portfolio task
Download the Total English Portfolio free from
www.longmon.com/totolenglish.
Objective: to reinforce student autonomy in updating the
Portfolio.
Answers: 1 Steve works for a sma ll company which!
that makes kitchen equipment. 2 Correct 3 Did you
hear exactly what he said? 4 The demonstration,
which had been going on for several days. is finally
over. 5 Correct 6 My sister, who speaks French and
Italian fluently. wants to be an interpreter.
Answers: 1 left·handed 2 aid 3 appeal
minute 5 Fair 6 guarantee 7 blaze
4 last·
This task can be done in 5s' own language.
1 ~ For homework. ask 5s to update the Biography
section of their Portfolio. They might like to reassess their
language learn ing aims, history or significant experiences.
They might also like to go over the Can do statements
again and tick the new objectives at B1 and B2 level that
they can now achieve.
2~
Ask 5s to bring their Biography sections in and show
them to other 5s.
Lead-In
G,.....,-: refteJdve pronouns
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write these ellpresslons with mind on the board and
ask Ss to discuss in pairs what they think they mean .
Can do: ask about and tHe your own ...." . I
• nd opinions
tl don't mind where we go.
2 Mind what you're dOing with that!
3 /' m In two minds about It.
4 /'/1 bear it In mind.
5 It completely slipped my mind.
6 Are you out of your mind?
G,u..nar: prunds and Infinitives
Vocabulary: adwrtlslnl
Can do: wrhe the al'luments tor and ap lnst
a point of view
Gram....n If strudures (2)
(Answers: 1 I don't cite/ It doesn't matter where we
go. 2 Be careful what you're doing with Ihatl 3 I'm
undecided about iI. 4 I'll remember It for reference.
5 t completely forgot. 6 Are you crazy! . bIt mad?)
Vocabul8ry: speaking
Can do: talk about your regrets and
resolutions
Commonty mlsspelt words
How does your mind work?
1" Focus Ss on the photos and ask them to discuss the
questions. Get whole class fee dback.
"In.: Connected with the (power or) the mind
Summary
Iason 1: Ss read an article about the famous hypnotist Paul
lidenna and his work. They listen to people giving opinions
. , then give their own opinions on a variety of topics.
Ysson 2 : Ss listen to an extract from a radio programme
t persuasion tactics In advertising and retail. They write
essay putting forward points for and against an argument.
I.ason 3: Ss read an extract from the novel Brave New
by Aldous HUllley focussing on brainwashing and
itioning. They also talk about their regrets in Ihe past
..., rHQlu tions for the future.
1IIabulary: Ss focus on commonly misspell words.
' -munlcation: Ss do a quiz and discuss different ways in
people think and approach life e.g. analytical people,
~rsonal people, physical people.
Film bank: Yes. Prime Minister (1(10")
An atract from Yes. Prime Minister, one of Britain's
most well-known political satirical TV series. In this
series, which makes fun of political games, the newlytl«ted Prime Minister attempts to make various bold
changes but these generally come to nothing, thanks
to the manoeuvring of his manipulative Cabinet
SKretary, who opposes action or change of any sort.
In this extract, the Prime Minister is being given
..:Mce on how he looks and how he should behave
before giving a political broadcast on TV.
Possible places to use this short film are:
to After Lesson 2 to elltend the topic of persuasion
(in politics. retail and advertising).
to At the end of the unit to round up the topic and
Ynguage.
For ways to use this short film in class, see Students'
Book page 161 and Teacher's Book page t87.
2a ... Get Ss to work with a partner and match photos
with the quotes and explain to each other what they
think the phrases in italics mea n. Get class feedback.
1-3
AnswwI: Pid ure 1: tM power of persuasion . the
skill of persuading someone to do something Pkture
2 : mind OVf'r motter . using your thoughts to control
physical Iftlings or an unpleasant situation Pidure
3: willpower . the ability to control your mind and
body In order to achIeve something you want to do
b..
Get Ss to discuss the questions In pai rs and give
details in their answers. Get whole class feedb ack .
3a.. Read the questions with the class but do not
explain unknown words. Tell Ss they will listen to sill
people answeri ng one question each. Play record ing 10.1
and get Ss to make brief notes about each answer. Ss
ch&k answers in pairs. Then get class feed back.
""""In.: Sft transcript for recording to.t in Students'
Book on pap t75,
b'"
In pairs. Ss write a short definition for each phrase in
italic.s. Encourage them to think about the meanings in the
context and to check their defi nitions in dictionaries.
Answtn: t a stflnce 'H ling that something bad Is
solne to happen 2 a Iftling that what Is happening
now Mis Mippened before 3 to use the ability to
understand or know something because of a Iftl/ng
flther than considering the facts .t\ a special ability
to know things without using your five ordinary senses
S unable to see, move, feel. because you are not
conscious 6 fears that are hidden In your mind and
affect your behlY6our, but you don't know are there
C to Get Ss to ask and answer the questions in pairs.
10.1 Look into my eyes
Paul McKenna is a well-known hypnotist working in London
with a variety of people, many of them rich and famous_ He
helps people with various different problems ranging from
fear of flying to fear of your own fingernails. As well as his
own private practice, McKenna has an incredibly successful
TV career, with programmes like The Hypnotic World of Paul
McKenna. His two -year contract with one television station is
said to be worth about £2 .smillion. His private practice and
his TV work have made McKenna into a 'household name' and
given him almost guru-like status with a large following of
satisfied customers. For more information go to:
www.paulmckenna.com
2a~ Get 5s to read the text again and decide ifthe
statements are true, false or we don't know. After
checking answers in pairs, get whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 T 2 T 3 OK 4 F 5 T
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could do some more intensive vocabulary work here
before moving on to the summary-writing exercise.
Get Ss to work in pairs and to find the following phrases
in the text. Tell them to look at the context around each
phrase and try to explain to each other what they mean.
Give them dictionaries to help if necessary.
(para. 1)
2 bustling with activity (para. 2)
3 eclectic band offollowers (para.3)
4 completely at a loss (RSna. 3)
1 modern-day guru
In this lesson, Ss read an article about Paul McKenna and
his work as a hypnotist and then focus on the grammar of
reflexive pronouns. Ss then listen to people giving their
opinions about McKenna and hypnosis and give their own
opinions on a variety of topics.
(Answers:
1 someone
who knows a lot about a particular subject,
and gives advice to other people
2 very busy with lots of people doing different things
3 a group of people made up of a mixture of many
different types
4 completely confused and uncertain about what to do
or say)
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the words below on the board and ask Ss to
discuss this question: Q: Which of these words mean
(more or less) frightened and which mean (more or
less) the opposite? Give Ss dictionaries if necessary.
afraid brave intrepid nervous courageous terrified
scared dauntless petrified daring bold anxious
(Answers: frightened = afraid, scared, anxious,
nervous, terrified, petrified; not frightened = brave,
courageous, bold, intrepid, dauntless, daring)
You could then get Ss to discuss these questions:
Q: Is there anything that you are particularly scared
of? Why do you think this is?
Q: Do you know anyone who has a phobia? What is it
and why?
Q: Do you think you are courageous person? Do you
know anyone who is particularly daring or intrepid?
Reading
la~
Focus Ss on the photos and check they know what
a hypnotist is (someone who puts people in a state similar
to sleep and then influences their thoughts and actions).
~ Get 5s to discuss the question in pairs. If you did the
optional warmer, remind 5s they can talk about some of
the fears they discussed here, but they should also think
of other 'problems' e.g. trying to give up smoking. Get
whole class feedback about their ideas.
b~
Get 5s to read the text quickly and answer the
questions. Remind them not to worry about unknown
words at this stage but just to focus on answering the
questions. 5s should check answers in pairs. Then get
whole class feedback.
Answers: 1 (giving up) smoking, Oack of) motivation,
fear of flying, depression, phobias (e.g. someone who
thought her fingernails were turning Into knives)
2 Impressed
•
b~
Get Ss to write a paragraph summarising the main
points of the text in about seventy-five words. If you think
Ss need more guidance with this, you could tell them to start
with these words: Paul McKenna is an extremely successful
hypnotist who ... , and to include details about the following
three areas:
•
What his job is (including who he deals with and why)?
•
What he does when he hypnotises people?
•
What makes him so successful?
C ~ Tell 5s to read their partner's paragraph and compare
them. Get whole class feedback by asking 5s to say if they
included the same points as their partner or how they
were different.
3
~ Get 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back on one of their points.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write the three words below on the board and
ask Ss this question: Q: What is the difference
grammatically between them?
me myself I
(Answer: me = object pronoun; myself = reflexive
pronoun; I =subject pronoun)
Then ask Ss to work together to list subject pronouns,
object pronouns and reflexive pronouns.
(Answers:
Subject pronouns = I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
Object pronouns = me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Reflexive pronouns = myself, yourself, himself,
herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)
{
4. Get 5s to complete the reflexive pronouns in the
Active grammar box. Get whole class feedback.
9'"-'
Active grammar
I myself 2 himself 3 ilSelf 4 ourselves
5 yourselves 6 themselves
&&. Get 5s to match the examples 1-6 with the correct
rule A or B in the Active grammar box. 5s should check
Mtswers in pairs. Then, get whole class feedback.
(
.......: Rule A:
AnANn: 2 favour 3 btl~ 4 doubts
5 sceptk,l 6 apinsl 7 doubt 8 convinced
a. ) and 5
Rule B: 2,. and 6
b.
Read through the three sentences with the class.
Then get 5s to discuss the question In pairs. Get whole
class feedback.
"'•• a:
Sentence 1 me.ns we tlught tennis to both
Sentence 2
ItHnS I tlught you and you tautht me. Senlence 3
(or ,10 of us and nobody else helped us.
..........
8. Ask 5s to complete the sentences. Remind them
t they should use each other, a reflexive pronoun or an
object pronoun as appropriate. Gellhem to check answers
pairs. Then gel whole dass feedback.
$OW 1 myself 2 each other ) me • myself
5 NdI other 6 himself/herself 7 us 8 each other
n
Person to person
7 •• Read through the questions with the class, making
wre they understand difficult vocabulary e.g. phobia.
eddlction, truancy (phobIa - a strong unreasonable fear of
something; addiction'"' the need to take a harmful drug,
e.g. smoking or alcohol, regularly without being able to
SlOp; truancy - when students deliberately stay away
110m school without permission). Get 5s to work on their
.-n and decide if they agree with the statements, ma king
.,;ef notes about their views.
It. Get 5s to compare their views with each other,
ftCouraging them to give reasons to justify their opinio ns.
5et whole class feedback anacheck how many 5s agree.
Listening
... Tell 5s they are going to listen to three people
IMking about Paul McKenna and hypnosis. Play recording
a.l and get 5s to choose which statement best
SIIftlmarises each person's opin ion. Remind them that one
. .ement cannot be used . After checking in pairs. get
~e class feedback.
Person 1: statement.
sutement 3 Person): statement 1
. . . Tell 5s that the gapped phrases in italics are all
eb phrases about giving your opinion or stating your
.nets. Play recording 10.2 agai n and get 5s to complete
verb phrases. 5s should check their answers in pairs.
get whole class feed back.
b. Get 55 to work In pairs and answer the questions
about the meaning of the verb phrases. Get whole class
feedback.
MlwlrI: • 1\Ie always beUeved thlt/ I'm convinced
that 2 I haft my doubts about/I'm sceptical that/ l
doubt 3 I reckon/I suspect 4 I'm In favour of
5 I'm apln5t
Pronunciation
10. Play recording 10.2 again and get 5s to repeat
the sentences In Ex. 9a. Remind them to pay particular
atte ntion to the pronunciation of the verb phrases in
italics.
11. Get 5s to rewrite the sentences using the words
in brackets and adding other words to complete the
appropriate verb phrase. 5s should check their answers in
pairs. Then get whole class feedback.
beUeved that thete Is Uff on
other planets. 2 I doubt tNt &hosts ,..., exist
at all. 3 I'm convtnced that I knew what sIII_
thlnklnl. 4 I'm In favour of people tryInt III
dl~rent treatments. 5 I rtckon that some peapII
have supernatural powers. 6 t Nw my doubts .....
the existence of UFOs. 7 rmaplnstptylna_ 1_
for a seMce I don' understand. 8 I'm sceptkallhllt
anyone can predict the future.
~ 1 1\Ie always
Mts"
Speaking
12. Read through the topics in the box with the class,
checking that 5s understa nd them all. Then focu s 5s on
the How to ... box. You could ask them to add two more
questions of their own 10 the list. Then get 5s to discuss
the topics In the box with a partner. Remind them to use
the language in the How to ... box and the phrases in Ex. 9
as appropriate.
13a. Tell Ss to choose one of the topics in Ex. 12 that
they can talk about for one minute. Get them to prepare
that they are going to say, using the notes 1-4 to help
organise their ideas .
b. Get 55 in pairs or small groups to give their talks to
each other.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could get 55 to give their talks to the whole class
after they have done them in pairs or small groups.
Remind them to speak clearly and slowly enough. Get
whole class feedback by asking 5s which of their views
they heard were similar to theirs •
You could also get 5s to write up their talks as short
essays but there Is more specific work on essay·writing
In Lesson to.2 so you may want to save it until then.
Answers: 1 television, radio, magazines. news,
shops 2 working out the best psychological tricks
to manipulate and persuade people to do/buy
things 3 playing music and pumping the sme11 of
freshly-baked bread into the store If they tempt you
back into the store and they provide the supermarket
with information about shopping habits 5 adverts
that appeal to the 1!motions and adverts that appeal to
the thinking part of the brain 6 appeal to the thinking
part of the brain by giving information because cleaning
products hold little emotional appeal 7 those
that appeal to our emotions 8 work on making us
feel good and showing us lifestyles we can aspire
to 9 very popular and a good way of getting message
across quickly and powerfully
10.2 Persuasion
All around us, there are images on television, jingles on the
radio, adverts in magazines, sound bites on the news, offers
in the shops. Supermarkets and politicians, advertisers
and salespeople are all hard at work using the power of
persuasion to make us believe something or to persuade
us to buy something. Huge amounts of money are spent on
working out the best psychological tricks to guarantee that
even the most cautious among us are open to manipulation .
Supermarkets, for example, play music or pump out the smell
of freshly-baked bread to encourage us to spend more. They
also use loyalty cards or reward cards to persuade us to
shop at their store again. Advertisers too have a vast array of
different ways of appealing to either the thinking part of our
brain or to our emotions, encouraging us to feel safer, more
attractive or to belong to a particular group.
In this lesson, Ss listen to an extract from a radio programme
about persuasion tactics in advertising and retail. They then
focus on the grammar of verb constructions with gerunds and
infinitives. They finis h by writing an essay putting forward
points for and against an argument.
OPTIONAL WARMER
4 ~ Get Ss to discuss tRe questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback about their ideas.
Vocabulary
5 ~ Get Ss to work in pairs and choose the correct
alternatives. Give them dictionaries to help if necessary.
Do not get whole class feedback at this stage.
Write the word persuade on the board and ask Ss
to explain to each other what it means (to make
someone decide to do something, especially by giving
them reasons why they should do it, or asking them
many times to do it).
Elicit/tell them what part of speech persuade is and
what the noun and adjective forms are (persuade =
verb; persuasion = noun; persuasive = adjective) .
Get Ss to work in pairs and write a list of as many
words as possible using the letters in the word
persuade. Each word should have at least three
letters and must not be a name. Give them a time limit
of two minutes.
Answers:
advertisements 2 makes 3 marketing
5 commercial breaks 6 classified ad
7 hype 8 target market
..
Pronunciation
6a ~ Get Ss to look at the three words and see if they
know how to pronounce them. Play recording 10.4 and
get them to mark where the main stress is on each word .
Ss should check in pairs and decide if the stress is on
the same syllable in each word or not. Get whole class
feedback.
(Some possible answers : ape apes are dare dear deep
dear due ear ears era erase pause pea peas pear
pears peer peruse pure purse read red sad see sea
spade spare spear speed spread sue super sure use
used user).
Answers:
2 ~ Tell Ss they are going to listen to an extract from a
radio programme. Play recording 10.3 and tell them to
answer the question. After checking answers in pairs, get
whole class feedback.
Answers: advertising and supermarkets
3 ~ Give Ss time to read through the notes. Play recording
10.3 again and get them to complete the notes. Ss should
check their answers together. Then get whole class feedback.
II
1
advertising
2
adrutisement 3 advert
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could ask Ss to look at the words in Ex. 5 and
decide together where the stress is on each of them.
(Answers: makes, marketing, slogans, commercial
breaks, classified ad, !!:iQe, target market).
Listening
1 ~ Focus Ss on the photos and get them to discuss the
questions in pairs. Get whole class feedback about their
ideas.
1
If slogans
b~
Get 5s to work in pairs and to choose four questions
in Ex. 5 to ask and answer together. Get whole class
feedback by asking two or three Ss to report back about
one of their partner's answers.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
You could ask Ss to work in pairs or small groups and
create their own advert. It could be a TV advert, a
radio advert or an advert in a magazine. They need to
think of a product and a slogan and then how to put
them in a context.
Ss could present them to the class and then decide
which ones were particularly persuasive and why.
.
Grammar
Answers: 1a It's one option that I tried in order to
solve a problem. Try + gerund: when you try a
number of different things to get something done/
solve a problem. The things you try are not difficult
to do in themselves. b I made an effort to do
something that was quite difficult. Try + infinitive:
when you make an attempt at doing somethIng which
is difficult to do 2a You remembered first and then
you bought it. b You bought it first and then you
remembered the action of buying. 3a I'm sorry
that I have to tell you. b I did it and now I'm sorry
about It. 4a We were watching and then we stopped
so we could do something else. b We were doing
something else when we stopped in order to watch.
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD-IN
Write these two sentences on the board.
I want seeing that new film.
2 I want to see that new film.
1
Ask Ss which one is correct and why. (Answer: 2
is correct because after the verb want we use the
infinitive (to see) not the gerund (seeing».
You could briefly explain/elicit that there are certain
verbs which use particular constructions - some are
followed by the gerund, others by the infinitive and
others by both, with a subsequent change of meaning.
7a~ Tell 5s to look at the verbs in bold in sentences
1-5 in the Active grammar box and choose the correct
ernatives. 5s should check in pairs, but do not get
ole class feedback at this stage.
9 ~ Read through the example with the class. Tell 5s
to complete the second sentence in each pair, so that it
has the same meaning as the first. Remind them to use
between two and four words including the word in bold.
5s check answers in pairs. Get whole class feedback.
b ~ Play recording 10.5 and tell 5s to check their
.swers. Get whole class feedback if necessary.
Answers: 1 suggested going 2 encouraged me to
get 3 tried to speak 4 agreed to give
5 remember coming 6 advised me to 7 avoid
getting 8 persuaded me to buy
Active grammar
1 "to buy 2 using 3 to make
4 to resist 5 leaving
Person to person
c~
Get 5s to write the verbs in bold in the correct place
the Active grammar box. After checking in pairs, get
ole class feedback.
Active grammar
(For Ex. 7C and Ex. 8a)
verb + gerund
carry on, avoid, practise,
suggest
verb + infinitive
want, agree, arrange, hope
verb + object +
infinitive
persuade, advise, allow,
encourage
try, regret, remember, stop
verb + gerund OR
verb +infinitive
with a different meaning
8a~
Get 5s to work in pairs. Tell them to check the
anings of the words in the box and to write them in
correct place in the Active grammar box. Give 5s
ionaries to help if necessary and remind them that
ionaries can help not only with meaning, but with verb
nstructions (i.e. gerund or infinitive). Get whole class
l!edback.
See box above (Ex. 7C)
b ~ Remind 5s that some verbs can take both gerund and
nitive (last part of the table in the Active grammar box),
this affects the meaning. Get 5s to look at the pairs of
5I!f1tences and discuss the question together. Get whole
5 feedback.
-
1 0 ~ Tell 5s that they are going to ask each other
questions. Do the first one as an example by asking 5s
to form the question for number 1. (Were you allowed
to watch as much TV as you wanted as a child?). Get 5s
to stand up and walk around the classroom and ask the
questions to different 5s until they have one name for
each question. Get whole class feedback by asking two or
three 5s to report back on one of their questions.
Writing
11a~ Get 5s to discuss the statement in pairs,
encouraging them to give reasons to justify their opinions.
Get whole class feedback about their ideas.
b~
Read through the paragraph plan with the class. Tell
them that the sentences in the box are all taken from an
essay. Then get 5s to complete the table with the correct
paragraph number 1-4. After checking answers in pairs,
get whole class feedback.
...
Answers: B para. 4; C para. 4; 0 para. 1;
E para. 3;
F para. 4;
G para. 2;
H para. 1
12 ~ Get 5s to read through the statements and to
choose one of them to write an essay about, or to choose
something else they feel strongly about. Tell them to write
down arguments in favour and arguments against the
statement. Remind them that they should just write notes
at this stage.
13a~ Get 5s to write an essay about their statement
using the plan and the language in the table in Ex~ llb and
their notes to help.
b~
Tell 5s to read another student's essay and say
whether they agree with the final conclusion, giving
reasons for their answer.
10.3 Brave New World
Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932. It remains one
of the most powerful science fiction stories ever. It is set in a
future where peace and good health are compulsory bullave
and parenthood are obsolete. Thinking for yourself, being
an individual and being unhappy are not allowed. Babies
are produced and 'brought up' scientifically in 'Hatchery
and Condition ing Centres', But one of the main characters.
Bernard Marx, refuses to be happy and to fit In. He is haunted
by the feeling that there must be more to his life than this.
Brave New World is available in the Penguin Readers series
(level 6). For more information go to: www.penguinreaders.
com and http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki / Brave_New_World
2 ~ Read the three statements through with the class.
Then get Ss to read the extract from the novel Brove New
World and answer the question. Ss should check their
answer in pairs, Then get whole class feedback.
Answer: Statement 3
3 ~ Focus Ss on the first item in the exercise as an
example. Tell them to read the text again and write a
question for each of the answers. After checking answers
in pairs, get whole class feedback.
WhIt did they hea, when they went
into the room? 3 What did the babies look
like? "Why did the Director tum up the volume on
the loudspeaker? 5 Which type of children does the
loudspeaker say Ire the most stupid? 6 Whkh type
of child~n Ire the babies In the room? 7 How mlny
times 15 tM messase repeated every week? 8 AI
what ase do the children start the m(ft advanced
lesson? 9 What does"TM child's mind becomes
these suBKHtions' mean? 10 What Is the Dfrector so
enthusiastic about?
~ 2
In this lesson, Ss read an extract from Brave New World. The
extract focuses on the brainwashing and conditioning of
babies as they lie asleep in the 'Hatchery and Conditioning
Centres'. Ss also focus on the grammar of if structures,
including so·called first, second, third, zero and mixed
conditionals. Ss finish by talking about their regrets in the
past and resolutions for the future.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Get Ss thinking about some famous novels and
authors. Write these novels and authors on the board
and get Ss to work together and match them up.
Authors:
Titles:
The Hound of the Baskervilles Charles Dickens
Charlotte BrontE!
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Great Expectations
4 ~ Get Ss to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. You could give them further guidance for
question 3 and give them these possible ways that we are
conditioned to consider:
•
to get married and have children
•
to expect to work long hours
•
to be competitive with each other
•
to expect men and boys not to cry
Brave New World
John Steinbeck
E.M. Forster
•
to view success mostly in financial terms
Anna Karenina
Arthur Conan Doyle
•
to smile at someone if he / she smiles at you
A Roam with a View
Aldous Huxley
The Grapes of Wrath
l eo Tolstoy
Jane Eyre
(Answers: l evels (Upper Intermediate): The Hound
of the Baskervllles - Arthur Conan Doyle; Pride and
Prejudice - Jane Austen; Jane Eyre - Charlotte BrontE!;
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck. level6
(Advanced): Great Expectations - Charles Dickens;
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley; Anno Koren/no
-leo Tolstoy; A Room with a View - E.M. Forster)
You could ask Ss to say which, if any, they have
heard of/ read and to teU other Ss about them. You
could also tell them that all these titles are available
as Penguin Readers (levels 5 and 6 - see Answers
above) and encourage them to read any that take
their interest.
~
Get whole etass feedback about their ideas.
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Remind Ss that Brave New World is available as a
Penguin Reader (l evel 6) and encourage Ss to read it,
or any other books that take their interest. They could
then report back to the class about what they thought
of the book.
Vocabulary
5a~ Get Ss to work in pairs. Half the class (Student
As) should look at the words in Group A. and the other
half (Student Bs) should look at the words in Group B.
Give them dictionaries and tell them to find the meaning.
pronunciation and an example sentence for each word /
phrase.
Reading
b ~ Reorganise Ss into different pairs (one A and one B).
1 ~ Get Ss to read the short text (starti ng 'Aldous
Get them to tell each other the meaning, pronunciation
and example sentence for each word/ phrase. Get whole
class feedback if necessary.
Huxley .. .') and answer the questions in pairs. Get whole
class feedback.
~ 1
He Isn't happy and doesn't feel he ffts
In to the society hellYes in 2 Beuuse everyone Is
supposed to be happy and fit in completely
J
I.,.ars:
.....Inp - 10 whisper - to speak or My somethlnl
..., qu5et1y uslnl your bruth ratMi' tNn your
wice 10 shMk - to mIIke a wry hlsh loud sound,
especially because you are afraid. anpy. exehed or In
, . , to blurt oul - to say somethlnl suddenly and
tIIIhoullhlnklnl, usually because you are nervous or
.-ed to bt lost (or words - to be unab$e 10 say
-.yIhlns because you are YefY surprised/upset to
...",. • to say somethlnl too quietly or not c1earty
....Ih. so that other people cannot understand
JIDU to Int~lTUpt - to stop someone from contlnulnl
...... tHy are say/nl or dolnl by suddenly speakinl
mllkinl a noise. to speak rourm1nd - to
.... people euctly what you think. even If h offends
...,.. to haw a word with - to talk 10 someone
flMkkly. especially because you want 10 lell them to do
-.ethlnl or you want their advke about somelhlnl
"them.
. ... Get Ss to complete the quotes with the correct
farm of the words/ phrases from Ex. 5. 5s check answers in
.-s but do not get whole class feedback ytt.
It.. Play recording 10.6 and get 5s to check their
IRSwers. Get whole class feedback if necessary.
9&-" Tell 5s to look at the rules or rorm a-e In the Active
grammar box and to write the correct type of conditional
next to each one. You might want to remind Ss that this
is one way of referring to the different ifslructu res, but
that different grammar books do It In dlrrerent ways. After
checking answers in pairs. get whole class feedback.
Active grammar
a First conditional b Second condllional
c Third conditional d Zero conditional
e Mixed conditional
b .... Tell Ss to work together and look at the three
examples in this exercise. They should choose the correct
alternatives rrom rules 1 and 2. Get whole class feedback.
. . . . . .1 1
prcwidecI
2
unless
10" Get Ss to look at the sentences and say what
type of conditional each one is. Tell them to correct the
grammar mistake In each one . After checking answers in
pairs, get whole class feedback .
• 1 blurted OUI/ Was lost ror words
*whlsperlnl/had a word wfth
3 shrieks/Interrupts
4 ,"umbllnl/speak his mind
.,.. Get 5s to choose three of the words/ phrases from
b. 5 and to tell each other about different situations in
they or someone else spoke in each of the ways.
-.mind them to look back at Ex. 6 for ideas if necessary.
Grammar
OPTIONAL GRAMMAR LEAD·IN
Get Ss thinking about different kinds of If structures.
Write these three beginnings of sentences on the
board and ask Ss to work together and complete them
In an appropriate way:
1 If parents always speak two languages to their
children, •..
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:z
If she works really hard, ...
3 I{ I won a lot of money, .. .
You could also ask Ss to complete these beginnings of
sentences in the same way:
1
If sh~ hod studied hord~r, _.
:z I{she didn't study as hard as she does, ...
3 If he hod memorised his verbs, ...
. ... Get 5s to match examples 1-3 with the correct uses
A-( in the Active gram mar box. After checking answers in
~,get whole class feedback.
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:zA 38
It. Get Ss to match examples 4-6 with the correct uses
H in the Active grammar box.. Ss should check answers in
~ Then get whole class feedback.
Ai......: 1 Second: If I had mort time. I'd lO.nd
study EIIIUollIlI",l<I. ,_>If _ n u ' - II
their chIchn. they become ........ 3 Mixed:
III spook EJtatIsh ftuently
III _
• IS
a chikI. 4 Zero: I USUIIIy remember WOQbuIary.
provided I . . . It down. 5 Arst: If,.. ..... a word
enouP times. you1l probabfy remember It. 6 ThIrd:
If I'd Ittended mcNl' lessons. I wouW ..... passed my
earns. 7 Mixed: I'd haw a better ~b If .... passed my
exam. 8 Zero: If iii student reads books In English,
hls/her vocabulary IMprOftI.
now'
Person to person
11" Get Ss to work together and discuss the question
with each other. Get whole class feedback by asking two
or three 5s to report back one fact about their partner.
Speaking
12&-" Check Ss understand the mean ing of regrets
(a sadness that you feet about something, especially
because you wish it had not happened) and resolutions
(a promise to yourself to do something). Get Ss to work
together. to look again at the sentences in Ex. 10 and to
decide which could be regrets and which resolutions.
(Some are neither). Get whole class feedback.
b .. Get 5s to think about their language learning or their
school/work life. Get them to make a note of one or two
regrets and resolutions using appropriate i{structures.
C" Tell Ss to compare their regrets and resolutions with
other Ss. Get whole class feedback by asking Ss if they
have any of the same resolutions as any other 55.
Vocabulary:
Commonly mJsspel~ words
In this lesson, Ss focus on commonly misspell words
including believe, accommodation and successful.
OPTIONAL WARMER
Write the following words on the board. Ask 5s 10
discuss in pairs which ones are correct/incorrect.
la ocomodotion b accomodation c accommodation
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there
b
they're c their
Answers; 1 c only is correct. 2 a, band (are all
correct depending on the context/ meaning.
la~
Get Ss to discuss the question s in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback about their ideas but do
not accept or reject any ideas at this stage.
b .. Tell Ss to read the text and check their answers. Get
whole class feedback.
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2 II> Get Ss to decide which is the (orrect spelling for
each pair of words. After checking answers in pairs, get
whole class feedba ck.
AnI-.J
1
believe
2 Intelligence
3 subconscious
4 psycholotist S doubt 6 existence 7 successful
8 responsibility
3a"
Tell Ss to find eighteen common spelling mistakes
in the email. Rem ind them that they may be actual
mistakes or they may be words which are spelt wrong
because of the context (e.g. there / their, where /wear).
b ..
Get 5s to compare their answers with a partner. Then
get whole class feedback.
AMwerI: 1JHt. generous, foreigner, we4rd, beginning.
weather, definitely. changeable. accommodation.
Interestln., restaurants. Ubrary, necessary. usually.
occasionally. friends. their. separate
4a .. Read the questions through with the class. Tell 5s
that they are going to listen to a student of English talking
about spelling in English. Play recording 10.7 and get 5s
to say which of the questions the student does not talk
about. After checking in pai rs. gel whole class feedback.
AnIwen The student does not taUt about question 1.
b ..
Tell 5s to discuss the questions in pairs or small
groups. Get whole class feedback by asking each group to
report back on one of the questions.
Lifelong learning
.. Read the list of tips in the box through with the class.
Get 5s to work in groups and add any more tips to the list.
Get whole class feedba ck. Ask them which tips they think
are the best for them and why.
Communication:
How dON your mInd work?
In this lesson, 5s do a quiz and discuss diffe rent ways in
which people think and approach life. The quiz is based on
the idea that there are at least five types of thinkers/ learners
and that each type approach life and its problems in slightly
different ways. The five that are used in this quiz are:
1 linguistic thinkers/ learners who tend to think in words and
like to use complex ideas.
2 logical·mathematical thinkers/ learners who like to
understand patterns and to analyse and understand the ru les.
3 Interpersonal thinkers/ learners who like to think about
other people and are often peacemakers.
4 Existential thin kers / learners who like to spend time thinking
about philosophical issues and don't li ke to be bothered with
trivial questions.
S Kinaesthetic thinkers/learners who like to think in
movements and find it difficult 10 sit still for long.
1" Focus 5s on the photos and get them to discuss
the questions in pairs or small groups. Get whole class
feedback.
Albert Einstein (1879-19S5) is generally regarded as the
greatest scientist of the 20 th century. He proposed the
theory of relativity and also made major contributions to the
development of quantum mechanics, statistica l mechanics
and cosmology.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and
playwright. He is considered by many to be the greatest writer
in the English language, as well as one of the greatest in
Western literature.
Madonna (born 19S8) Is a famou s pop singer, actress,
composer and producer. 5he is widely regarded as the Queen
of Pop music. According to The Guinness Book of World
Records she is the most successful female recording artist in
the World.
Nelson Mandela (born 1918). was the first democratically'
elected President of50uth Africa, having previously been a
prominent anti·apartheid activist there. Mandela·s twenty·
seven·year imprisonment, much of which he spent in a tiny
prison cell on Robben Island, became one of the most widely·
publicized examples of apartheid's in justices.
Buddha is a title used in Buddhism fo r anyone who has
discovered their enlightenment, although it is commonly used
to refer to Siddhartha Gaulama, the historical founder of
Buddhism. who lived in India from about 623 Be to S43 BC
2a .. Tell Ss that they are going to do a qu iz to try to
answer the questions : ' How does your mind work?',
'What kind or thi nker/ learner are you?' and 'What is your
approach to life?'. Tell them to do the quiz Individually and
make not es about their answers, using the ideas in the
boxes and their own ideas.
b .. Then, get 5s to do the quiz with a partner and to
make a note of his/ her answers.
3" Tell 5s to read the descriptions of the five thinker /
learner types on page 150 and compare them with their
notes about themselves and their partner. Then get 5s to
discuss the questions in pairs. Get whole class reed back
by asking 5s to report back on the most interesting point
from their discussion.
Beview and pracUcle
Notes for using the Common
European Framework (CEF)
1.
Answers: 1 burn yourself
2 felt
3 expresses
herself 4 relax 5 hurt himself 6 meet
ourselves 8 concentrated
7 enjoyed
10.1 Can do: ask about and give your own beliefs and
opinions
••
Answers: 1 We encourage all students to do some
voluntary work.
2
I've arranged to visit my
grandparents on Saturday. 3 Correct. 4 I remember
P"g to the park every day after school when I was
a child. 5 He persuaded me to JoIn the new gym
with him. 6 My teacher suggested learning ten new
spellings every week. 7 Correct. 8 He advised us to
an early night before the exam.
_'Ie
Answers:
1
brought
5 doesn't arrive
hadn't gone
2 did
3 behave
6 press
CEF References
4 had
C£F B:z descriptor: Can take an active part in informal
discussion in familiar contexts, commenting, putting
point of view clea rly, evaluating altern ative proposals and
making and responding to hypotheses. (CEF page 77)
10.:Z Can do: write the arguments for and against a point
of view
C£F B:z descriptor: Can write an essay or report which
develops an argument, giving reasons in support of or
against a particular pOint of view and explaining the
advantages and disadvantages of various options. (CEF
page 62)
7 would you do
8 would be lying
10.] (an do: talk about your regrets and resolutions
Answers: 1 convinced 2 hype 3 Interrupting
,. reckon 5 blurted 6 intuition 7 make
CEF B:z descriptor: Can highlight the personal significance
of events and experiences. account for and sustain views
clearly by providing relevant explanations and arguments.
(CEF page 74)
8 premonition
••
Answers: 1 definitely
CEF quick brief
2
accommodation
3 responsibility 4 Correct
7 Correct 8 successful
5 separate
6 their
One of the implications of the Common European
Framework and the Can do statements is that Ss are
assessed in terms of how well they can achieve a
communication objective. The aim is not to perform the
task with perfect accuracy but to perform well enough at
that particular reference level. The Can do statements set
appropriate objectives for each reference level.
Portfolio task
Download the Totol English Portfolio free from
www.longmon.comftotalenglish.
ObJective: to reinforce student autonomy in updating the
Portfolio.
Th is task can be done in 5s' own language.
1'" For homework, ask 5s to update the Dossier section
of their Portfolio. They might like to add another piece
of work to their folder or choose another task to work on
with the aim of adding it to their Biography.
2'"
Ask 5s to bring their Biography sections in and show
them to other 5s.
